Roy Toft has shot video and stills of coyotes, California gray fox, raptors, lynx, opossums, skunks, mule deer and raccoons on his East County property.

https://www.nbcsandiego.com/entertainment/the-scene/wildlife-photographer-shoots-ten-mountain-lions-in-his-backyard-in-ramona/2944990/?amp

Camera traps are one of the best ways to see a gray fox, unless you’re willing to get up very early or stay up late. Gray foxes range from nocturnal to crepuscular, which means active during the night, dawn, or dusk. During the day they hide out in burrows or hollows, their small size easily allowing them to curl up and remain hidden. When they’re awake, they prey on small animals, birds, and insects, and love to snack on fruit when it’s in season.

https://baynature.org/2019/11/21/the-twilight-world-of-gray-foxes/

To get wildlife data, scientists have jumped out of helicopters and given mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to venomous snakes.

https://www.insidescience.org/news/crazy-things-biologists-do-track-animals

Results of a multi-year study of activity in a wildlife corridor connecting the Laguna Coast Wilderness Park to the Cleveland National Forest are now available to the public for viewing. Laguna Greenbelt, Inc., a local environmental organization, planned and executed the study, using 21 cameras to examine wildlife movements in the Coast to Cleveland Wildlife Corridor (also called the Irvine Wildlife Corridor and Orange County Wildlife Corridor). Volunteers collected data over a two- year period. The full report can be found and downloaded free of charge at wildlifecorridor.org.

https://www.lagunabeachindy.com/multi-year-wildlife-camera-study-shows-worrying-trend/

There have been several reports of mountain lions in Pacific Grove and Pebble Beach this summer. But according to wildlife biologists, that doesn't mean there are more mountain lions on the Peninsula. It may just mean technology has made it easier to see them.

https://www.kazu.org/post/cameras-everywhere-reports-mountain-lions-increase#stream/0

The remote camera location that Land Trust volunteers Paula Peterson and Penny Proteau visit every few months may not be getting as many photos and data points as others in the non-profit’s Wildlife Picture Index project, but the story of this camera suggests at least one conclusion; an abundance of curious bears.

https://napavalleyregister.com/outdoors/where-napa-s-wild-things-are-land-trust-wildlife-camera/article_43e2d87d-9e2b-59b9-b3a6-386bba97893d.html

The purchase and deployment of the trail cameras is made possible by the BCCER’s new Adopt an Acre campaign, which has raised more than $22,000 in annual contributions from 36 donors to date. In addition to their research applications, trail camera photos of the wildlife that cross an adopted acre are shared with donors who adopt at the program’s higher tiers and also released in the BCCER newsletters and social media, allowing more people to connect with this unique ecosystem.

https://today.csuchico.edu/adopt-an-acre-catches-critters-on-camera/

They live among us. Sometimes we find them in our garbage, or stealing some leftover pet food outside. They are, of course, raccoons. For some, they’re a common backyard pest that has to be dealt with, while others find their masked faces and strangely human hands to be charming. No matter what your opinion may be, you’ll probably end up seeing a raccoon in your yard sooner or later.

https://baynature.org/2019/07/08/whos-knocking-at-your-back-door-in-the-night-probably-raccoons/

Officials are looking for volunteers to help catalogue critters spotted on wildlife cameras in hopes that the data will improve city planning and conservation in the Los Angeles area.

https://ktla.com/2019/05/23/officials-seek-volunteers-to-log-photos-of-urban-critters-captured-by-l-a-area-wildlife-cameras/

A network of remote cameras in the Santa Monica Mountains capture an array of wild animals in the coastal mountain range adjacent to Los Angeles' urban areas. The cameras help researchers keep an inventory of animals, some of which are so secretive that they only come out under the cover of darkness.

https://www.nbclosangeles.com/multimedia/Wildlife-Photos-California-Remote-Cameras-Los-Angeles-Mountain-Lions-Skunks-Deer--498218401.html