Wildlife Camera Captures "Bob" and Friends
Our beautiful campus of 66 acres contains remote areas of undeveloped land where animals (like the pictured bobcat) make their homes or make tracks as they travel. Digital, infrared wildlife-cameras, triggered by heat and motion, capture their movements. Why? – because the National Park Service is conducting a study of animal movements in the area.
Because of plans to widen the 405 North freeway to add a car-pool lane, the Park Service is monitoring (with cameras) three potential wildlife crossing points (two undercrossings and one bridge, Skirball) for the next five years to understand the effects on animals of widening the freeway. Along with monitoring wildlife at the crossing points they are monitoring wildlife in open space near these crossing points. The camera on a ridge by Berkeley Hall is for that purpose. Cathy Schoonmaker, Wildlife Technician for the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, gathers the pictures from the camera and shares them with us.
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Located in Los Angeles, CA, Berkeley Hall School is a private, coeducational school for students in preschool through grade 8. Rigorous academics in a supportive atmosphere and grounded character development allow students to become fearless scholars and conscientious citizens - gain a love of learning, leadership with social responsibility, creativity with moral integrity, and self-esteem with compassion for others and the environment.