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We had a flat tire on the way in
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View nw from the Orestimba Creek Trail
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The one spot where delphiniums were abundant
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Grass blowing in the wind
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Linanthus grandiflorus, GRAND LINANTHUS
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Linanthus grandiflorus, GRAND LINANTHUS
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The place next to a deep pool on Orestimba Creek
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Crossing Orestimba Creek
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Confluence of Red and Orestimba Creeks
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Red Creek
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Euphydryas chalcedona, CHALCEDON CHECKERSPOT
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Hiking along Red Creek.
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Hiking along Red Creek.
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Rock outcrops along Red Creek
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Mimulus guttatus, SEEP-SPRING MONKEY FLOWER.
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Perideridia californica, CALIFORNIA YAMPAH
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Another camp along Red Creek
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Tadpoles and algae,
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Rescuing tadpoles trapped in a pool with no outlet
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Rescued tadpoles, swimming out
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Frances sampling attractive block of red striped chert
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Phrynosoma blainvillii), BLAINVILLE'S HORNED LIZARD
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Phrynosoma blainvillii), BLAINVILLE'S HORNED LIZARD
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Phrynosoma blainvillii), BLAINVILLE'S HORNED LIZARD
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Stock pond northwest of Red Creek.
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Delphinium variegatum, ROYAL LARKSPUR
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Eschscholzia caespitosa, TUFTED POPPY or E. californica, CALIFORNIA POPPY?
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Lytta nigripilis, SMALL BLACK BLISTER BEETLE.
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Alypia ridingsi, RIDINGS' FORESTER
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Alypia ridingsi, RIDINGS' FORESTER