Natural History Wanderings

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I drove through Bear Valley today, the bloom isn’t very good when compared to other years. The valley floor has some nice stands of Cream Cups, but not as extensive as I’ve seen in prior years. A great stand of Blue Dicks just as you come into the valley. A number of other flowers scattered about (Butter n Eggs, Larkspur, Bird’s Eye Gilia, Goldfields), but not big vistas. Hardly any poppies. The road in has some nice flowers, even a couple of hillsides of poppies, but not extensive. Of course, the nice display of Tidy Tips at the corral at the beginning of the road is always appreciated.