Natural History Wanderings

Washington Trails Association had the following new trip reports:

Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park Backcountry — Apr 14, 2013 — Eastern Washington — Yakima
The views were amazing, beautiful wildflowers everywhere.

Mount Walker — Apr 14, 2013 — Olympics — East
Many Calypso orchids, yellow violets and trillium along the trail and I heard a male sooty grouse doing the “Whoop,whoop,whoop” at about the 2000 ft level.

Wildside Trail-De Leo Wall, Shy Bear, Coal Creek Falls, Red Town Creek — Issaquah Alps — Cougar Mountain
Did a loop that included De Leo Wall, Shy Bear Pass, Coal Creek Falls, and the meadow. The trails were in good condition, slightly muddy. Trillium, Bleedingheart and Salmonberry were blooming.

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