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Eric and Jimmy talking at Jimmy's gate
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Eric and Jimmy talking at Jimmy's gate
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Juniperus californica, CALIFORNIA JUNIPER.
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Juniperus californica, CALIFORNIA JUNIPER.
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Beautiful wavy patterns in a piece of oak bark.
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The roughed-up soil in the foreground looked to be the work of feral pigs.
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Lepus californicus. BLACK-TAILED JACKRABBIT, ready to leap away.
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Lichen on juniper bark
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Ribes quercetorum, OAK GOOSEBERRY
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Ribes quercetorum, OAK GOOSEBERRY
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Plestiodon (Eumeces) gilberti, GILBERT'S SKINK
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Scolopendra sp., CENTIPEDE
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Sceloporus occidentalis, WESTERN FENCE LIZARD/BLUEBELLY
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Caloplaca ignea, FLAME FIREDOT LICHEN (bright orange)
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The creeks still have a little water
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Mossy rock with Mimulus sp., MONKEYFLOWER seedlings
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Primula clevelandii var. patula (Dodecatheon c. ssp. patulum), LOWLAND SHOOTING STAR
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Dudleya cymosa, CANYON DUDLEYA
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Multitrunked WILLOW covered with new leaves.
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Eric on lichen-streaked rocks above creek.
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Eric resting in an enormous juniper.
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The land is unusually dry and brown for early March.
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The water tank was full, with an overflowing trough.
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The overflowing water tank feeds into a small pond full of algae.
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A guzzler.
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Juniperus californica, CALIFORNIA JUNIPER.
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Eric at guzzler in the shade of a buckeye with new leaves.
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Lupinus albifrons var. albifrons, SILVER BUSH LUPINE?
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Vegetation is dense on the north-facing (l) and sparse on the south-facing slopes (r).
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Curlicue on a log from tree that turned in on itself.
