by Beverly G. | Aug 6, 2020 | Discover Trail Life
Mike Klatt watched this buck rubbing the velvet off of its antlers. It took about an hour of hard rubbing. Velvet is a type of skin, richly supplied with blood vessels to provide nutrients for growing antlers. Once the antlers have finished growing, the velvet has...
by Beverly G. | Jun 18, 2020 | Discover Trail Life
This buck has been hanging around our yard. Sometimes in the fall we see bucks that have broken antlers which is probably a result of butting heads with another buck over a doe or two. I don’t recall seeing one in the spring. I wonder why this fellow...
by Beverly G. | Jun 15, 2020 | Discover Trail Life
On June 3, 2020, LATO nature photographer Michael Klatt shared these beautiful photos of Western bluebirds nesting in the Klatt’s Atascadero backyard. The bluebird family vacated the nest – baby birds successfully fledged – a few days later. Male...
by Beverly G. | Jun 12, 2020 | Discover Trail Life
What does this Cooper’s Hawk see? Click on the name to find out more about this skillful flier. It is easily confused with the Sharp-shinned Hawk, another small hawk found in woodlands, suburban areas and even backyards. Photo by Michael...
by Beverly G. | Jun 5, 2020 | Discover Trail Life
Nature photographer Michael Klatt shared these beautiful photos of an Atascadero doe and her fawns. Micheal shared, Even after living here for nearly 40 years, we never get tired of watching the deer. Recently a mother and her twins have been spending a lot of...
