by Beverly G. | Oct 21, 2020 | Discover Trail Life, Vineyard Elementary School
Vineyard School Oak Ambassador alumnus Tristan discovered these ladybugs snuggling up for the winter ahead. Even though our winters are mild, ladybugs still know when it’s time to snuggle. As the supply of their favorite foods, like aphids, drops off in...
by Beverly G. | Sep 23, 2020 | Discover Trail Life
LATO docent ~ nature photographer Mike Klatt shared these observations and photos: “The last couple of evenings a bit after sunset, large numbers of red-winged blackbirds have been flying to roost for the night in the Italian cypresses in our backyard....
by Beverly G. | Sep 4, 2020 | Discover Trail Life, Santa Margarita Ranch LATO Trail
September 4, 2020Young Santa Margarita Elementary School nature photographer Emily and her Oak Ambassador sister were on hand this morning with their mom Jen to help Morro Coast Audubon Society volunteers Freddy and Cheryl install eight new songbird nest boxes along...
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...
