Went on a long walk from UCSC to the Wilder Barns. Found lots of delightful flowers: milkmaids, wakerobin, redwood violet and sorrel, fetid adder's-tongue (pods slinking, but leaves still very showy), Douglas' Iris, blue-eyed grass, and an interesting yellow...um...
Phacelia? in grassland.
Sceloporus occidentalis, one garter snake, and a gilled giant salamander larva rounded out the herps. Only a few fungi (including one fruiting of the locally uncommon genus
Flammulaster). Here are some photos to tickle yer fancies:
A pretty male kestrel,
Falco sparverius, some Douglas' Iris (
Iris douglasiana), a blue-bellied
Sceloporus - young male? Uhh... a little help, Amy? A showy wakerobin (
Trillium ovatum), and finally
Ariolimax, antennae extended.
Heading to the Carrizo Plains next weekend, to see the butterflies and moths, flowers, antelope and the ants elope.
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2 comments:
Yes, a male S. occidentalis! Looks like an adult to me.
Did you get a picture of the "Phacelia"? I'm guessing Amsinckia menziesii. I don't think Phacelias are yellow.
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