Birds Eye View

                                                              Eaton Canyon
 Eaton Canyon is a a small valley in the San Gabriel mountain range. Its climate is mostly hot and dry, but has a ample amount of rain in the winter. It is considered a chapperal mountain range and has both small forests, but mostly scrublands.

 When we got to Eaton Canyon at 21:45, it was a moderate warm temperature. The lake bed we were examining was dry, the lake bed remains dry throughout the year except during rain storms. The weather was    sunny with isolated clouds.

                                                                   Animal Species


                                     Great Basin Fence Lizard (Scaeloporus occidentalis longipipes)
    
                                     Jerusalem Cricket (Potato Bug)
  
                                     Common Black Ground Beetle (Coleoptara Carabidae)

                                     California Ground Squirrel (Otospermophilius beecheyi)

                                     American Robin (Turdus migratorius)

                                      Total species: 5 
                                     

                                      

  

                                                                     Plants Species
  

                           Aloe Yucca (Yucca Aliofolia) 

                           Poison oak (Toxicodendron diversilobum)
                            
                           Mossy Maze Polypore (Cerrena Unicolor)
                
                           Green Everlasting (Gnaphalium californicum)   
            
                           Purple Nightshade (Solanum xanti) 

                           Wild Cucumber (Marah macrocarpus)



                           Total identified- 6 species

                                           Common Black Ground Beetle (Peterostichus melanarious)

                                        Like the name common black beetle is common to find under most logs.

                                                              10/23/12 Sighted at 22:40

                                                       Jerusalem  Cricket (Potato Bug)
 A extremely large relative of the common cricket the Jerusalem Cricket can grow to 3 inches long, and does not have the long back legs of the cricket.





                                                           10/23/12 Sighted at 22:21

                                             Poison Oak (Toxicodendron diversilsilum)
   Though this Poison Oak plant is dying, it shows the red/green color and three leaf pattern hikers know to avoid on the trail.
                                                                 10/23/12  Sighted at 22:18

                                                  PRICKLY PEAR CACTUS (Optunia litoralis)

         The Prickly Pear Cactus is a large Dark/light green cactus with pink or orange fruit.  It has small hair like bristles that come of during contact with the bristles. Tends to grow sporadically in the area in which its present and can grow as tall as 10ft or more if left undisturbed. 

                                                               10/23/12 Sighted at 22:19