A Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana), photographed along the Laguna Creek Trail, fairly close to its staging aarea off Waterman Road in Elk Grove, CA. Submitted for CNC 2024.
A California Ground Squirrel (Otospermophilus beecheyi), photographed along the Laguna Creek Trail in Elk Grove, CA. Submitted for CNC 2024.
The beaver is here https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/208150883
In case you were considering picking some of these to add to your succulent garden, just don’t. The cliffs need the roots to prevent further crumbling, and the plants do piss poor most of the time once removed from habitat. Better to go buy a nice seed-sprouted succulent from Trader Joe’s, as those ones are climatized and will survive better.