Observations by samthetall

Slimey little bugger. I think its a baby two-spot.

My friend found a bone and from there I found a whole bunch of bones from at least two deer. Mountain lion restaurant?

A plant used in treating headaches, also if you like bees you can rub it all over your body and they will flock to you.

I'm still not sure about this one, it looks a bit like a sunflower but I don't think it is. Madia Elegans is the closest california flower I can match it too. Maybe a variation?

Tons of toads, not just western toads either, plenty of toad-types that I don't know the names of.

Female velvet ants, I am told they have hard exteriors, sting, and are carried during sex by large flying males.

Mulefat leaves with a small amount of insect eggs laid in them. Ewwww

Found in a willow area so I believe it is a salix caprea or pussywillow but what do I know, my heads full of fluff

Skunk was inactive, possibly hibernating or playing "possum". Watched it for 20 minutes and it didn't move a muscle in that entire time. Fascinating creatures.

Red slime algae and a unidentified transluscent sea slug-esque creature

What I believe to be a particularly poisonous perrenial