If you want to see two species of pocket gophers in one day, it is very easy right now in Upper Bidwell Park in Chico, California. Botta’s pocket gophers (left) are very active in Five Mile Recreation Area near the lower end of the park, while mountain pocket gophers (right) are easy to see in the upper part of it. Lots of cute juveniles.
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Glad to see that someone else gets excited about gophers.
-Leslie
Gophers are among the coolest North American mammals. Especially considering that they are basically subterranean kangaroo rats 🙂
Nothing is softer than a PG’s pelage. Glad the fur industry never figured that out.
Nice! I need to go and get Mountain PG there at some time.
Btw, had a Badger and 2 Bobcats (plus Condor, Burrowing Owl, and Bald Eagle) in Dry Lake Valley in San Benito county yesterday.
You have probably until May; later the surface activity remains high only at higher elevations.