In the local San Diego areas right now, lots of humming birds and a fair amount of snakes. We also get the western tanager and the hooded oriole, and a host of smaller birds that come through the our hill sides. Studying the tracks of animals and birds is as fun as seeing them directly. We have tons of taranchulas that leave very distinctive tracks along with snakes, deer, coyote, bobcat, mountain lion, skunk, and raccoon. We've seen all these critters too, making the various marks and leaving marks as well as various behaviors. And with Tica, we find things you would normally not see just because of her nose...lots of quail in particular. One time she found a rather large male pheasant to the surprise of us all. In some sections of the chaparral, it is very hard to hide especially from Tica (my gsp).