Observations by wlombardi

growing among rounded river rock and gravel along stream bed of Nelson Creek

Growing at the high water margin of a bouldery bar where Nelson Creek joins the Middle Fork Feather River

on the sunny side of the canyon at the high water mark

growing in sandy soil at the high water mark of the riverbed

Viewed on a seepy rock face among other flowers and mosses

growing in the sand on the sunny side of the canyon

growing creekside above the high water mark

Viewed widely spread on a steep drainage trailside above the Middle Fork near Hottentot Creek. Growing among big leafed maples and downed conifers near springs. Large overstory of firs overhead.

sadly, though still live, found on its back in the early morning at the meadow's edge where it meets a larger pine forest.

growing trailside on the south-facing slope midway up the hillside in an open mixed pine-oak-manzanita forest.

saw several along the Spanish Traverse trail flying among the tops of manzanita on a hillside above Spanish Creek. They were hawking and then perching.

On the hillside in a sunny opening at the edge of the woods where the ground is raked annually. Growing to about 18 inches: rangy, sparse.

Young specimens growing in two close clumps beneath small firs

Found in a mixed second growth forest of ponderosa, douglas fir, and sugar pine.

Growing in sparse groupings on a west facing slope in openings between manzanita and ponderosa pine

Stretched along the base of a large old black oak. It lived up to its name as it fled to a nearby burnpile after giving us a good look.

Specimens scattered across the bed of an old, infrequently used roadbed.

On a northwest facing slope in mixed conifer woods at the base of an old spur road cut. Only one plant noted at this time.

Still not blooming, but growing in patches on the edges of the woods where there is more sunlight

This beautiful moth was on our porch this morning. It appears to be crippled, as if, unfortunately, our cat caught it during the night and left it for us.

growing in clumps in an opening alongside the roadway

Identified by its song, this bird was in a white fir on the edge of the meadow

This is our first sighting of the year. During the late morning the male was observed in young douglas firs in a mixed conifer stand.

Observed flitting among new oak leaves and flying between adjacent conifers at the forest edge and the cedar in our yard

This rufus has been showing interest in red larkspur growing wild on the hillside above a wet meadow, and the cultivated flowers in our yard.

Both male and female in the oak and mixed conifer forest near the trailhead above the Spanish Creek swimming hole on the way to Oakland Camp.

A community of cliff swallows nests at the water pumping/treatment facility on the bike path running between town and the meadow.