Sunday October 1, 2017

Sunday October 1, 2017
Duck Creek Pond, off HWY 14
Drive up HWY 14 for 29 miles, Duck Creek Pond is on the north side.
I found this in a riparian area, next to the pond. The riparian area was surrounded by conifer and deciduous trees and was pretty dense. There was no slope, it was just flat. The heights of the trees varied between 10 and 40 feet. Riparian veg was pretty standard ~1-20 inches.
I was with my brother, Brent Rodriguez.
We arrived to duck creek about 4:45 pm and I made the observation around 5: pm. I observed the scat for probably two minutes.
It was not too windy, around a 2 or 3 on the Beaufort scale. The temperature was pretty chilly, around 36 degrees Fahrenheit and it was not cloudy. The elevation of the spot was 8,500 ft.
I spotted two sites of scat which I believe to belong to Elk (Cervus elaphus). I would assume they were adults based on the "milk dud" size of it. (I challenged Dustin to eat one once because he said he would...he never did!! I'm going to have to remind him about it... :D)
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