Natural History Wanderings

Yosemite Nature Notes Blog reports:

February was remarkably warm in Yosemite and we had only one storm. The Merced Canyon below the park is filled with flowers now. Redbuds and poppies are near their brightest already. Popcorn flower, rue anemone, shooting stars, fiddlenecks, fiesta flower, and many others are profuse in bloom. Many of these flowers will suffer from the heavy storms that are arriving this weekend. We had a bit of rain last evening, but it'll be heavy on Saturday and Sunday, with possible flooding. The snow level is forecast to start high (7-8000'), and later drop to below 4000 feet.

Click on Yosemite Nature Notes Blog: Spring-ish to read the rest of their recent report about Yosemite