Natural History Wanderings

The Calphoto Yahoo Group has the following report for Bear Valley and Walker Ridge from April 11, 2014:

The valley is barren. However, there are some nice hillsides with poppies, lupines, and birds-eye gillas along the road before the bridge to the resort. There is also a new beaver dam just before you rise up and bend right for the valley floor overview. On Walker Ridge Road the best spots are those burned out manzanitas, they have a variety of onions and lots of yellow fairy lanterns. Many in bud. Moreover, there are some good stands of shooting stars. All Adobe lilies are past prime, but still good subjects as seed pods

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