Visitors 40
Modified 21-Dec-23
Created 9-Nov-23
38 photos

Butterbutts natter over breakfast: nutritious Poison Oak berries! A Great Egret wades in the deepest part of Searsville Lake, the water now barely covering its legs. Then it flies languorously up into the surrounding oaks, showing off its long flexible neck. A Double-crested Cormorant departs – perhaps in search of deeper water for diving: Felt Lake?

While the landscape welcomes the spritz from the recent showers, Searsville Lake awaits the gullywashing downpours of the true rainy season to fil it to the brim.

The rains will come. The sun will rise tomorrow. We are showered with blessings, and with grace. Let us work together and cherish this world and the life we have. Why fight?

Experienced the morning and afternoon of the celebration of thirty years of the Jasper Ridge Ant Survey.
Visitor's Valley Oak (Quercus lobata)Yellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) Feasting on Berries of Poison OakYellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) Feasting on Berries of Poison OakYellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) Feasting on Berries of Poison OakYellow-rumped Warblers (Setophaga coronata) Feasting on Berries of Poison OakYellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) Feasting on Berries of Poison OakScoldFaceoffYellow-rumped Warbler (Setophaga coronata) Feasting on Berries of Poison OakSearsville Lake before the Rainy SeasonEuropean Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) in Valley Oak (Quercus lobata)Valley Oaks (Quercus lobata)Smooth Mule Ear (Wyethia glabra)American Coot (Fulica americana) in Searsville LakeFeather) in Searsville LakeMidday Clouds over Searsville LakeSearsville Lake before the Rainy SeasonCoast Larkspur (Delphinium californicum ssp. californicum)Dry Plant -- Coast Larkspur (Delphinium californicum ssp. californicum)Dry Plant with New Growth -- Pitcher Sage (Lepechinia calycina)