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So, i didn't do all that house stuff i planned. I stepped outside to carry stuff to the car, and the sky called out, "Come out and play!" So, with the recyclables in the trunk, i drove up to Lower Crystal Springs reservoir, build on the San Andreas fault, to see if i could see the nesting bald eagles. The Audubon folks were very friendly and sharing their spotting scopes, but the nest was a half mile from the road edge where we were set up for viewing. I'm happy to know the eagles are nesting there, but there were other, easier delights in reach. I drove down the fault to Edgewood and began my hike. There was a glimpse from the highway and a glimps from the clarkia trail that hinted at the goldfields displays. The Fremont's star lilies i had observed beginning in early March had all passed except for one that provided a nice shot for my wildflower collection. When i got to the junction of the clarkia trail and the serpentine loop, then i saw the delight: the swathes of small golden flowers called goldfields turning patches of the hillsides golden, dotted with the larger gold and white tidy tips and the contrasting owl's clover and blue-eyed grass.
I spent hours at Edgewood, relishing the floral displays, delighting in sightings of lizards, deer, meadowlark, jackrabbits, humming birds, blue birds, and swallows. I took 278 photos (4.7 GB), many came from series like rapid fire shots of the jackrabbit running or a huge sequence of bees in the lupines. I'm down to 77 photos now, and mostly have the lupine photos to go through and choose a few best to keep.
Then there's the identifications to engage in! This morning i finally identified the small white flower with blue stamens as Linum bienne, pale flax. Will i be able to tell larkspur apart? And the DYCs!?! there's a butterfly to identify -- not a Bay Checkerspot -- disappearing down the butterfly identification path, it's in the sulfur/white family.
Argh, must go! Here are 12 photos -- landscapes, lizards, and leaping jackrabbits: http://www.flickr.com/photos/elainegreycats/archives/date-posted/2012/04/15/
I spent hours at Edgewood, relishing the floral displays, delighting in sightings of lizards, deer, meadowlark, jackrabbits, humming birds, blue birds, and swallows. I took 278 photos (4.7 GB), many came from series like rapid fire shots of the jackrabbit running or a huge sequence of bees in the lupines. I'm down to 77 photos now, and mostly have the lupine photos to go through and choose a few best to keep.
Then there's the identifications to engage in! This morning i finally identified the small white flower with blue stamens as Linum bienne, pale flax. Will i be able to tell larkspur apart? And the DYCs!?! there's a butterfly to identify -- not a Bay Checkerspot -- disappearing down the butterfly identification path, it's in the sulfur/white family.
Argh, must go! Here are 12 photos -- landscapes, lizards, and leaping jackrabbits: http://www.flickr.com/photos/elainegreycats/archives/date-posted/2012/04/15/
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