This has been one hot summer, and it may be the way our summers are going to be for a long time to come, unfortunately. The temperatures are h…

Hot days and warm summer nights tends to make more animal activity visible to Tehachapi residents, including one species that even if you don'…

David Joseph took this photo in Bear Valley Springs of a California Mule Deer buck with what appears to be two Brown-headed Cowbirds (Molothru…

Saya Novinger took this photo of a Crab Spider that captured a Honeybee. At first glance, the bee just seemed to be stuck or suspended in an o…

Al Crisalli took this photo of what appears to be a Green Stink Bug (Chinavia halaris) walking along the rim of a blue ceramic vase.

Stephanie Harris of Stallion Springs took this photo in her yard of a female Valley Carpenter Bee nectar-feeding on flowers.

Al Crisalli took this photo of a male Valley Carpenter bee on a white Wisteria blossom.

Judy Reynolds took this photo at her house in Bear Valley Springs of a Yellow-blotched Ensatina salamander that George Hammond found in a spri…

Chris Naftel took this photo at Cub Lake in Bear Valley Springs of a Double-crested Cormorant. These long-necked aquatic birds are seldom enco…

Marsha Morris took this photo of a Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis) sunning itself on a rock.