apk's Journal

1. I spotted a crow on campus that was searching for food in the grass. It lifted its head up and had a worm in its mouth.
2. A honey bee was pollinating ice plant flowers at the Marin Headlands.
3. 2 Canadian geese were searching for food in the grass.
4. A human appears to be fighting with a falcon.

I saw some sea lions while hiking in Marin. There were a group of sea lions on a different rock, but the picture I have used here is of a sea lion that I saw swim over to a different rock. There was a seagull sitting on this rock and we were joking about if the sea lion would try to eat it.

1. A plant with regular flowers: Genus prunus
2. A plant with irregular flowers: Western Redbud
3. A monocot: Yellow flower that I believe to be a lily. It as 6 petals, a multiple of 3 which is a characteristic of a monocot.
4. A dicot: reticulte vein patterns in the leaf
5. A plant in the pea family (Fabaceae): Vetch
6. A Gymnosperm: Monterrey pine
7. A terrestrial plant that is not a seed plant: bushy lichen
8. A plant with pinnate leaves: Fern
9. A plant with opposite leaves: I am unsure what the plant is, but the leaves both emerge from the same node on the stem.
10. A plant in the sunflower family (Asteraceae): Genus Euryops

1. I spotted many different types of wild flowers on a short hike in the Claremont Canyon. The amount of flowers that were in bloom were clear signs of the seasons changing into Spring.
2. Squirrel- I actually chased this squirrel out of my house after I found it eating scraps of food on the floor in my dining room. I was able to catch a picture of it eating what it found before it ran away.
3. I spotted these Azalea's in bloom when walking through campus. When I was growing up we had a lot of azalea's in my yard, so they have always been a sign of Spring for me.
4. Red-flowering Currant: A few weeks ago I would spot a couple red-flowering currants in bloom, but as we have gotten closer to spring I have noticed these plants in full bloom all over the place.
5. I spotted this pocket gopher popping in and out of its whole when walking home one evening.