This fantastic series of photos was taken by participant Susette
Stickel-Rufe using a telephoto lens on a LandPaths outing at Lafferty
Ranch in December 2023.
A golden eagle is harassed in flight by a red-tailed hawk.
(Rough-skinned) newt photographed by docent Larry Modell in January 2024.
Wild boar (feral hog) photographed in daylight by docent Teddy Herzog in an upper Lafferty Ranch meadow in July 2023.
This coiled Northern Pacific Rattlesnake was photographed by docent
Joseph Cochrane in an upper Lafferty Ranch meadow in September 2023
Three images of Pacific Tree Frogs (a.k.a. Pacific Chorus Frogs)
photographed on Lafferty Ranch, October 2023.
Despite having big voices, these frogs are less than one inch long. See
the bay leaves (typically 2-4" long) for scale.
