White Tidy Tips, Layia glandulosa, Burton Mesa.
Hope to have a photo with a more accurate location, plus a place boundary for the Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve , early April.
Silver Puffs, Uropappus lindleyi, Figueroa Mountain
Globe Gilia, Gilia capitata, Figueroa Mountain (with blue pollen)
Mountain Dandelion, Agoseris heterophylla, Figueroa Mountain
Sky Lupine, Lupinus nanus, Figueroa Mountain
Fall Colors (Poison Oak), More Mesa
Purple Clarkia, Clarkia purpurea ssp. quadrivulnera, Stagecoach Road, Santa Ynez Mountains
California Hairstreak on Golden Yarrow, West Camino Cielo - best at large size.
Bush Poppy, West Camino Cielo
Spring Azure on Golden Yarrow, West Camino Cielo
Brewer's Redmaids, Calandrinia breweri, West Camino Cielo, Santa Ynez Mountains
Variable Checkerspot, West Camino Cielo, Santa Ynez Mountains
California Mustard, leaves, Thelypodium lasiophyllum, East Camino Cielo
Scarlet Larkspur, Delphinium cardinale, East Camino Cielo. These plants were on a slope, and close capture was not easy. Used 300mm.
Large Flowered Phacelia, Phacelia grandiflora, East Camino Cielo
Sticky False Gilia, Allophyllum glutinosum, East Camino Cielo
San Luis Blazing Star, Mentzelia micrantha, East Camino Cielo
Variable Checkerspot on Monardella hypoleuca, East Camino Cielo
Callippe Fritillary on Monardella hypoleuca, East Camino Cielo
Mountain Mahogany Hairstreak, East Camino Cielo
Hedge Nettle, Stachys bullata, East Camino Cielo, Santa Ynez Mountains
California Buckeye, Aesculus californica , Mount Diablo, Rock City
California Black Walnut, Jalama Beach Road
Yellow Mariposa Lily, Calochortus luteus, Mount Diablo, Rock City
American Kestrel, Lake Los Carneros. Male.
American Kestrel, Sandspit Road Airport sign.
