Nikki Mastro

Grey Fox

Camera 2 – 08/02/2018 – This is the first up-close and personal photo I have of the Grey Fox. Field Camera 2 is located in front of the garage. Please notice the black strip running the complete length of the tail. Camera 2 – 03/29/2019 – Photo of a Grey Fox in front of the …

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Bobcat

The hillside location of the Arnold house is home to numerous wild animals. Both large predators and the typical prey species (i.e., deer, turkeys, squirrels, birds, rabbitts, and rodents, etc.) live there. One of my field cameras captured a photo of a medium-sized predator, a Bobcat. Bobcats are elusive and nocturnal, so I feel very …

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Deer

I have thousands of field camera photos of deer. Deer are our most frequent wildlife visitors. Some deer are curious about the cameras, which results in great pictures, while others just seem to tolerate the annoying clicks and flashing lights. I believe that our deer are Black-Tailed deer, a subspecies of Mule deer. I have …

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Grey Foxes

During October, there were three separate Northern California PG&E power outages. The last power outage lasted for 4+ days, and during these outages, my field cameras continued to take excellent photographs. My field cameras took some beautiful pictures of my mated pair of foxes during that period. For the first time, I have a clear …

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Hello World!

Hi, this is my first effort to write a blog and it’s not intended to be particularly intellectual but more observational of life’s daily challenges. I like to say that every day is a humbling day.

Relocating

Moving out to Tracy, California has been both a very positive and eye-opening experience. The marine layer does not extend out here, and it is very dry, and there’s a lot of wind. In San Ramon, the temperatures were, for the most part, very mild because of the marine layer. There was more moisture in …

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