Squirrels Strip California Black Walnuts
California Black Walnut and Fox Squirrel, Bel Air (9/3/18) Peter Asco
California Black Walnut, Bel Air (9/3/18) Peter Asco
Early in September, along Southern California’s coast, squirrels begin stripping “the sparse but beautiful native California Black Walnut (juglans californica) of their walnuts, Peter Asco reports. They “take full advantage of this crop, stripping the trees of every single walnut in a period of two weeks.”
Exploring “one of BelAir’s undisturbed canyons within the Santa Monica Mountains,” Peter came upon this rarely-shot autumn scene and scored a first report by photographing fall color up Bel Air’s wild canyons. 
Patchy to Near Peak (10-75%) – California Black Walnut, Santa Monica Mountains, Bel Air.