Visitors 1
Modified 21-Dec-23
Created 5-Aug-23
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Dramatic clouds pass overhead; raindrops linger at the tips of the grasses. Springtime flowers appear: Lowland Shooting Star, its spectacular florid pink, white, yellow, and magenta blossoms (do these colors even go together?) accented by clinging raindrops; deep red Warrior’s Plume, still there beneath the discarded branches; Fremont Star Lily; and Black Oak, its red new leaves outshining its drooping flowers. Birders among us have another successful day; posing for me are American Robins foraging in the moist grass; female Acorn Woodpecker standing guard; Red-tailed Hawk rising into the sky; and a scruffy California Scrub Jay taking off as we return to Escobar Gate. An American Crow (or is it a raven?) announces its presence emphatically, moving back and forth between trees to let everyone know who rules the roost. Beneath corrugated metal left for that purpose, a fantastic striped lizard waits, iridescent blue tail and all.
March transect with the birding group out of Escobar Gate.
March transect with the birding group out of Escobar Gate.
Dan Quinn