Natural History Wanderings

Yosemite Nature Notes Blog just posted a wildflower and bird report:

Yosemite Valley is alive with birdsong; yesterday’s birdwalk included black-headed grosbeaks plentiful and loud, western tanager, yellow, yellow-rumped, and black-throated gray warblers, Cassin’s vireo, white-throated swift, flicker, oriole, Anna’s hummingbird displaying in front of the Visitor Center, and more.

In the El Portal area the Clarkia Farewell-to-Spring is in bloom, as is buckeye, Ceanothus, and elderberry. Most of the grass and forbs have gone to seed and are browning. The dogwoods in the Valley are glorious right now.