A lot of sites are in land managed by Suislaw or Siskiyou National Forest, the Bureau of Land Management, or different timber companies. Many signs of wildlife are present here, and it’s exciting when we get sightings of them! Sightings ranging from large to small (e.g. bears, coyotes, and cougars to rabbits, chipmunks, and small insects). Different teams came across different things, but there was a lot of overlap too. A few unique situations arose for my teams. Tamara and I saw a large gopher snake and a very large snake get carried away by a turkey vulture! On another field day with my partner Tara, we saw a couple-days-old bear track. The day prior to this, a BLM watchman stopped to give us a warning as we were installing a node: Seven different cougar individuals were spotted in the area where we were working – just up the road from us! Four of these individuals were young adult male cougars that were running around together as a group. This is unusual cougar behavior as they are usually solitary, but it has been documented among siblings that have not yet separated. With all of the tools and gear that we had, one or two may not have been as concerning, but seven – especially four of them together! – was a bit unnerving. We decided to install one last node and get out of there since it was approaching late afternoon – evening, which is when cougars are more active. Terrestrial or marine creatures that are more active at dusk and dawn are referred to as crepuscular animals. On one of our last days in the field during deployment, an owl flew right in front of us (about two feet from the windshield of our truck)! We also saw tons of deer, including a newborn, and some cows that may have been feral or grazing on National Forest land.