Pics from wildlife cams tell a story (30-pic gallery)

This is my favorite picture in the gallery. Looks as if that doe is going to get a blast of air  freshener.                                                                                                                                             Photo by Jo Ann Herr

By tstienstra@sfchronicle.com (Tom Stienstra):
A series of candid moments with mountain lions, bears and other wildlife, captured with trail cams this winter across the Bay Area and Northern California, show wildlife in a little-seen world where they think nobody is watching.
The trail cam photos also show how animals are responding to the drought and warm temperatures: They are out on the hunt, both day and night, looking for food.
After a request in last Sunday’s Chronicle for candid wildlife photos from trail cams, dozens of contributions were submitted. For the story that goes with each photo, see my outdoors column in Sunday’s San Francisco Chronicle or here at www.sfgate.com/outdoors. [30 pic gallery here.]