Cerro Alto and native plants , wild life

September 2016 

The Coffee Berry is ripe again , very sweet and attracting bears to the ATT trail on Cerro Alto again .

Note the bead scatt below . , be carefull when hiking evening and early morning hours .

The FQuail are also feasting .

bear scatt and coffee berries .

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Cerro Alto 

Most all the berries are gone , however there is still some Coffee Berry left . Deer , bear and coyote love this food , but as I mentioned in an earlier post , food is in short supply so the critters are adventuring onto busy hiking trails for food . Be alert you might bump into a bear in the evening . .

Remember my dog ran a bear off trail near the summit a few nights ago . If you hike in late evening make some noise by talking , striking brush etc . Carry Bear spray . 

photos below --coffee Berry , deer scat , small bear scat .

in the earlier post see large bear scat .

Cerro Alto

Cerro Alto  on Labor Day 2015

Cerro alto Mt . located on Hwy 41 between Morro Bay and Atascadero Ca. 

I expected this to be a busy day on the mountain and found it to be hot and quiet but 

definitely an eventful and beautiful evening . I started my hike at 5 PM and descended  the mountain at sunset exiting at dark with a lamp lighted .

I met only two hikers and they were at the summit , My dog Sierra loved them .

Two young school teachers from south county SLO

They will introduce themselves in the short video below .

video Introduction below

upon descending the mountain I enjoyed beautiful sunset images .

I am also including a couple of shots I enjoyed today 

The bear scat here is a berry shown with my finger pointing at same .

Near the top and after sunset Sierra stopped me on the trail and started growling and barking 

as she does when she encounters a predator animal . sure enough , I looked up 

in time to see the rear end of a bear running away into the bushes , a scare , yes but 

always a welcome experience !