Observations of Potential Avian Predators of Agassiz’s Desert Tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) at the Desert Tortoise Research Natural Area, Eastern Kern County, California, in late Winter and Spring of 1989, 1993, 1997, 2002, and 2012
During a long-term study at the Desert Tortoise Research Natural Area in the western Mojave Desert of California, factors affecting the decline of desert tortoises were evaluated inside the protective fence vs. outside. During the five-survey years, 1,645 sightings of 13 species of avian predators were collected. …