These plants were found on many areas of the park.
I found this seed on my pants leg and saw it as a great example of the seed for one of these plants.
I didn't take any size measurements to be able to choose if this was one of the other false lupine species so went with this one as the most likely from the info I can find.
These plants were found among the Burke's goldfields, Lasthenia burkei, in a vernal pool area. There weren't a lot of them and I don't know what they are.
Found these in the up land areas of the vernal pools off Fulton Rd. and Wood Rd., Santa Rosa, CA. They are found over most of the property.
An escapee from somewhere. Introduce from the Mediterranean.
I guess thirds time is the charm since this is the third time I have found this species and the first time it was a living one.
I noticed more than a dozen vultures at the end of my driveway and went out to see what was going on and found they were working on one rabbit that had been kill over night. I waited for a car to head their way to get a shot of them taking off. Though blurry, I got it.
This guy was killed on the road sometime over night and the vultures were on it right away rather than waiting the usual three days to get ripe. I guess they are out getting food for their chicks and less picky about how it smells.
Found this guy going up my sliding glass door with cat fuzz hanging all on it (need to do some sweeping, I guess). Took it outside and it hung around long enough for these pics.
These guys seem to come out around sunset each day in this area.
Notice the ticks on the lizard in the second picture. There is something in the the western fence lizard that counteracts the organism that causes lyme disease found in ticks which researchers are trying to pin down.
I saw these two lizards getting closer together and then the male jumped on the female to mate. These are the best of about 20 pictures I took of the event.
Found this guy on an outside step. After taking a few pics I moved it to a more moist area.
I found these among a population of Gilia tricolor. The scientific notation has been changed from Lotus humistratus to the Acmispon brachycarpus shown above. I guess it has to do with the new Jepson listings.
Commonly it is also known as short-podded lotus.
These guys have the dark color of someone just getting out to get some sun early in the season. I don't remember seeing the golden color they have on their feet before.
The first time I saw these two, they were having a stare down of territory, I think.
This is found in the Foss Creek restoration project of the Russian Riverkeeper Organization in Healdsburg, CA on W. North Street.
This is found in the Foss Creek restoration project of the Russian Riverkeeper Organization in Healdsburg, CA on W. North Street.
These are also known as grass pinks. I have heard these or a related species is from where the domestic carnation was developed.
I looked around for the butterfly pollinators but only saw the small flies seen on the edge of the pedals.
When we got to our turn-around-point I saw another trillium and snapped a pic. As I looked around I noticed more flowering trillium and was very surprised to see 30 to 40 in bloom not very far from where I stood. That is be for the greatest population I have ever seen.
As we were walking we kept seeing these in bloom so I took a few observations.
