Diario de lyndsayrodriguez

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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Sunday October 15, 2017
Three Peaks recreation area, off Midvalley road.
From hwy 56 turn north onto Lund hwy and travel 6.9 miles until you reach a four way intersection. Turn west at the intersection (there should be a sign that says Three Peaks Recreation area). Travel on that road for another 3.2 miles. The trail head parking lot will be on the north side of the road. Take either of the trails and walk about .3 miles until you come across a wash.
I found this in a dry wash in Three Peaks. The wash was in a sagebrush steppe area. There was pinyon juniper around, but not where I found the scat in the wash. The height of the sagebrush was no more than three feet tall and there wasn't much under story there. There was no slope, it was just a flat area with a wash. The density of the sagebrush was pretty high.
I was with my brother, Brent Rodriguez.
We arrived at Three peaks at about 1:50 pm. I made the observation at about 2:09 pm (according to my photo time stamp). I spent about 2 or 3 minutes observing the scat because I wasn't sure if it was jack scat until I observed the deer scat near it.
It was not too windy, around a 1 or a 2 on the Beaufort scale. The temperature was really nice, around 56 degrees Fahrenheit (perfect light jacket weather) and it was not cloudy. The elevation of the spot was about 5800 ft.
There was so much scat around this spot where I decided to take my picture. It was literally a sea of scat pellets. My brother and I were kind of in awe of it all. It's hard to tell how many individuals were involved with this sea of scat. There were many different species scat present. I chose these ones because they were brown (fresher), but as you can tell from the photo there is also some older scat mixed in. I would assume that this scat belonged to an adult jackrabbit. Sex unknown.
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Monday October 23, 2017
Milford wind farm
Travel on Minersville hwy (130) until you reach the hwy 21 junction (approx 36.7 miles) and turn left (west) onto hwy 21. From there travel 13.6 miles into Milford. Continue straight through Milford on hwy 257 for 4.4 miles. Turn right (east) onto a dirt road with a sign that says geothermal plant. From there drive 5.5 miles until you come to a fork in the road. Take the left fork (north) and drive 3.6 miles. There will be a smaller dirt road to the right (east), take it and go about .2 of a mile. The pronghorn was on the south side of the road.
I saw this pronghorn after picking up a bat monitor for work. She was standing and staring at our vehicle while we passed. We were located in a grassland. The height of the grass/forbs were no more than two feet tall and was relatively dense in the area. There was no slope.
I was with my friend and coworker, Kalli Tyler.
We arrived at the spot around 8:48 am. I made the pronghorn observation at about 8:48 am, but found the scat about 8:54am (according to my photo time stamp...it took us a minute to actually find the scat spot). I spent about a minute observing the scat because I already knew what the animal was. It was fresh. We saw the pronghorn do it's thing and then run off. She stopped and stared at us awhile, though.
It was slightly windy, around a 2 or a 3 the Beaufort scale. The temperature was really nice, around 55 degrees Fahrenheit and it was not cloudy. The elevation of the spot was about 5000 ft.
We spotted this female pronghorn (Antilocarpra americana) not too far off the road (about a 2/10 of a mile). She was the only one in the area. I know it was a female because she was lacking the dark patch that occurs on the male face.
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