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Visitors 96
Modified 15-Feb-23
Created 8-May-20
69 photos

Starting from my home near the Frog Pond, I head up on to Coal Mine Ridge. Wildflowers; birds, bees, and butterflies; and new leaves and needles, festive bright green, bursting from trees getting ready for the summer growth, the ground still moist from our truncated spring rain.
BirdBirdMallard Family in Frog PondSwallowsSwallow (Detail)Swallow in FlightSwallow GroomingSwallow StretchingSwallow Takes OffPlantsDouglas Iris (Iris douglasiana)Douglas Iris (Iris douglasiana) from Above, with Winter Ant (Prenolepis imparis)Blue Dicks (Dichelostemma capitatum ssp. capitatum), with SpiderCoast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia) with Lace Lichen (Ramalina menziesii)Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia) with Lace Lichen (Ramalina menziesii)Sticky Monkeyflower (Mimulus aurantiacus var. aurantiacus) in BloomSticky Monkeyflower (Mimulus aurantiacus var. aurantiacus) in BloomDiverse Leaves of Poison Oak (Toxicodendrom diversilobum)Valley Oak (Quercus lobata) (?)Flower in Grasslands