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I discover a dry tinaja (Spanish for "water jar") at Black Palisades with fairly fresh scat adjacent

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03463-black-palisades.jpg I walk up toward the closest turret of Black PalisadesThumbnailsA nearby alcove in the rocks at Black Palisades harbours nesting materials rather than a tinajaI walk up toward the closest turret of Black PalisadesThumbnailsA nearby alcove in the rocks at Black Palisades harbours nesting materials rather than a tinajaI walk up toward the closest turret of Black PalisadesThumbnailsA nearby alcove in the rocks at Black Palisades harbours nesting materials rather than a tinajaI walk up toward the closest turret of Black PalisadesThumbnailsA nearby alcove in the rocks at Black Palisades harbours nesting materials rather than a tinajaI walk up toward the closest turret of Black PalisadesThumbnailsA nearby alcove in the rocks at Black Palisades harbours nesting materials rather than a tinajaI walk up toward the closest turret of Black PalisadesThumbnailsA nearby alcove in the rocks at Black Palisades harbours nesting materials rather than a tinaja

This tinaja probably holds water during much of the year, a relief to the wildlife in this otherwise dry area with no natural springs.