Created 30-Mar-15
An early morning expedition from Mapache Gate, through several ecosystems, almost to Searsville Lake. Highlights include goldfinch and chickadees feasting on oak blossoms and seeds in a valley oak bursting with new growth, on Trail 10; springtime flowers, new leaves, and shoots; and new land in the process of colonization, from a flooded Corte Madera Creek.
Spring wildflowers include dirca, Fremont's star lily, man-root, gooseberry, ceanothus, Indian warrior, hound's tongue, blue witch, and the aforementioned valley oak. Fresh new leaves from valley oak, buckeye, dirca, and poison oak. Buckeye seeds and shoots. And honeybees and native bees, winter ants, bee-flies, a newt, a fresh mole tunnel, and some mysterious scat.
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Spring wildflowers include dirca, Fremont's star lily, man-root, gooseberry, ceanothus, Indian warrior, hound's tongue, blue witch, and the aforementioned valley oak. Fresh new leaves from valley oak, buckeye, dirca, and poison oak. Buckeye seeds and shoots. And honeybees and native bees, winter ants, bee-flies, a newt, a fresh mole tunnel, and some mysterious scat.
PLEASE HELP! Leave a comment on a photo if you know the ID or have any info to add!
Momento Mori
Visitors 130
5 photos
Created 22-Dec-23
Modified 22-Dec-23
Trail 12 from Mapache Gate
Visitors 20
39 photos
Created 22-Dec-23
Modified 22-Dec-23
Oak Woodland, Lower Trail 10 & 11
Visitors 6
27 photos
Created 22-Dec-23
Modified 22-Dec-23
Goldfinch & Chickadee Feasting on Valley Oak Blossoms
Visitors 32
57 photos
Created 22-Dec-23
Modified 22-Dec-23
Mixed Woodland: Buckeyes, Lilies, and a Newt
Visitors 21
44 photos
Created 22-Dec-23
Modified 22-Dec-23
Valley Oaks nearer Searsville Lake
Visitors 8
10 photos
Created 22-Dec-23
Modified 22-Dec-23
Riparian Corridor and Flooding of Corte Madera Creek
Visitors 19
29 photos
Created 22-Dec-23
Modified 22-Dec-23
Dan Quinn