Learning Among the Oaks Nature Journal: Santa Margarita

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Friday, September 4, 2020

Happy new homes for Santa Margarita Ranch LATO trail songbirds

September 4, 2020

Young Santa Margarita Elementary School nature photographer Emily and her Oak Ambassador sister were on hand this morning with their mom Jen to help Morro Coast Audubon Society volunteers Freddy and Cheryl install eight new songbird nest boxes along the Santa Margarita Ranch Learning Among the Oaks (LATO) Trail. Emily shared these photos and videos!

Thursday, April 9, 2020

Badger at work!

LATO friend Nicole (Sharp) Thompson shared these amazing photos of an American Badger, Taxidea taxus, at work in Santa Margarita. Powerful muscles and long, sharp claws make the American Badger an excellent digger and a fierce predator. Ground squirrels and gophers are popular prey.

Photography credits

Nature photos and notes for this blog have been contributed by these Learning Among the Oaks volunteers:

Ocean View School Oak Ambassador grandmother and Pismo Preserve docent Alison Watt Jackson (AWJ) has an eye for the tiny wonders that we might miss while out hiking. There is so much to see, experience and enjoy when we're in tune with nature.

Retired Santa Margarita School teacher Michael Klatt (MK) is an avid nature watcher with keen eyes for observing tiny and fascinating worlds within the oak woodlands.

Oak Ambassador mom and Santa Margarita School alumna Katrina Sharon (KS) loves photography and nature.

We hope you'll enjoy seeing these and that they will inspire you to become a nature watcher and conservationist.

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Friday, September 4, 2020

Happy new homes for Santa Margarita Ranch LATO trail songbirds

Thursday, April 9, 2020

Badger at work!