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  J. R. Absher of the A-Spear Ranch was able to take a great Bobcat photo on November 25 of this year. His comments: “Only had the opportunity for a real quick single frame in godawful flat light at 8:00 am this morning @1/125 sec. Despite all that, I find this is pretty acceptable, under the circumstances. Full- frame here. No cropping. A hefty fellow. Check out those thick legs and big paws!”
   White Barn Owls have more hunting success than reddish-brown Barn Owls when the moon is full, a study published in Nature Ecology and Evolution (Vol. 3) suggests. Researchers found that voles, a favorite prey, freeze in the presence of white barn owls up to five seconds longer than when they see a darker owl. (“Differential fitness effects of moonlight on plumage colour morphs in barn owls” by Luis M. San-Jose, Robin Séchaud, Kim Schalcher, Clarisse Judes, Anastasia
Questiaux, Aymeric Oliveira-Xavier, Charlène Gémard, Bettina Almasi, Paul Béziers, Almut Kelber, Arjun Amar & Alexandre Roulin). This Barn Owl was photographed in Hillsboro during June 2019.
Coati Update
Unfortunately we did not see a return of the coati to Kingston this year (2019). It was not a very good year for fruit production either, and the handful of apples, peaches and pluots we did get were mostly picked by fox, raccoon, and deer. A duo of yearling deer seemed to visit every day during the summer, and also munched on the lower limbs of the fruit trees. 
 Catherine Wanek, Black Range Lodge, Kingston
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