Merganser Mysteries Imagine you’re hiking up the river, and swimming against impossible currents, a bird resembling a duck with a mohawk heads upstream with a line of more ducklings than you can count! You’ve been lucky enough to come across a member of a group of waterfowl referred to as the mergansers. Mergansers are known […]
Four bear cubs!! While black bear are one of the most frequent visitors to our cameras, this is the first time we have documented FOUR bear cubs! CSERC has been using wildlife cameras that are triggered by motion to survey for rare wildlife in Yosemite park and the Stanislaus forest for decades. On a few […]
The Sierra Nevada and foothills are getting another round of moisture, and El nino is making for a great wildflower season already this spring! Even the birds are taking advantage of the bloom! If you get the chance to get out when the sun emerges from the clouds, visit one of these three wildflower hotspots: […]