Natural History Wanderings

Where to photograph in California – Yahoo Groups (Calphoto) has a report for Pacheco Park

many of the early-season species are at peak and in large numbers, sometimes dense, sometimes more scattered or clumped, often covering whole hillsides. The stars of the show are currently golden violet and shooting stars, with large areas of them mixed, and the shooting stars particularly lush with blooms. Many others also adding to the mix – predominantly poppies, popcorn flower, blue dicks, buttercups, and fiddlenecks. Some denser patches of bird’s eye gilia too, and smaller numbers of other species like sanicle and clovers.

The area around South Boundary has significantly more blooms than the last year or two I’ve gone back there. Oaks are budding out too. Lots of cows, and some mud.