Journal Entry #5

Date: 10/02/17
Locality: CCNP (Cedar Canyon Nature Park)
Directions: From Southern Utah University (300-430 W 200 S, Cedar City, Utah 84720), head east on W 200 S/Thunderbird Way toward S 100 W, continue to follow W 200 S, then turn and go East onto E 200 S and stop at the second stop going up the canyon
Habitat: Base of a mountain (mildly steep slope), flora included low shrubs (roughly 4 ft. and pines (roughly 15 ft., grasses no more than 2 ft. tall, etc.), grass and shrubs were spread scarcely, not too dense
Fellow observers: Tylee Trevizo (group members were scattered)
Time of day: 3:15 PM
Amount: An hour of walking to find observations, 13 or so minutes spent on this location
Wind: Beaufort scale, 1
Temperature: 53 F
Sky conditions and precipitation: Mostly sunny, 0 percent chance
Elevation: About 5,900 ft.
Species list: Two mammals were recorded during this excursion (Carnivora, perhaps coyote, and some other Carnivora regarding a print), no more than two species observed

I travelled to CCNP with my lab peers, and made observations regarding scat an some prints. I noted that this times travel was more fruitful regarding something other than scat. The scat appeared to be older than the scat further from the man-made trail. With this finding of possible coyote scat, it may be deducible that they are making a greater appearance in CCNP than earlier in the season.

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