Date: 2/10/19 8:09 am From: Michael Bolte <mjbolte...> Subject: Re: [MBBIRDS] Re: Not a bird - nutria at Pinto Lake
We have seen muskrats (or perhaps a muskrat) in the pond at Shoreline Ponds.
Mike
On Sun, Feb 10, 2019 at 7:50 AM Gary Kittleson < <kittlesonenvironmental...> wrote:
> Nutria are not known to be present in Santa Cruz County. About 10 years > ago, I had one anectdotal nutria observation shared with me by a landowner > on the Pajaro River, upstream of Watsonville. Since then I've had the > opportunity to conduct detailed wildlife surveys at Pinto Lake, Pajaro > River, College Lake and most of the slough system and have had ZERO > observations, or reports, of nutria. > > Muskrat, however, are quite common throughout all those habitats. > > Beavers, are also present in Monterey County in the Salinas River system > from downstream of Lakes Nacimiento/San Antonio and in Arroyo Seco, all the > way to the lagoon. There is even one beaver that has pioneered up into > Prunedale Creek from the Lagoon, and built a dam on the creek next to 101 > at Blackie Road. > > Gary Kittleson > Kittleson Environmental Consulting > Santa Cruz > > > > On Saturday, February 9, 2019 at 9:41:31 PM UTC-8, Kent wrote: >> >> While birding Friday at Pinto Lake I saw a nutria feeding on marsh >> vegetation by the boardwalk. I know there is great concern about this >> invasive mammal in California, but all of the reports I have seen describe >> it as in the Central Valley. I have sent in a report to Cal. Fish & >> Wildlife, but can anyone tell me if this is a known population? >> >> Kent Johnson >> Boulder Creek >> > -- > For Monterey Rare Bird alerts call 831-250-4550 > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "mbbirds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to mbbirds+<unsubscribe...> > To post to this group, send email to <mbbirds...> > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mbbirds/<759dd6b0-e1b7-48e8-9699-5f2a30385604...> > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mbbirds/<759dd6b0-e1b7-48e8-9699-5f2a30385604...>?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >
