Now that spring is almost here, I thought it would be fun to keep a natural history diary of what Mike and I see on our hikes. Don’t remember exact dates, so I’ll just start with today.
Indian Valley:
first vetch
first douglas iris
first suncups
first butterflies (mourning cloak)
first bees
blue dicks
shooting stars
hound’s tooth
tooth wart
poppies
tons of new poison oak
A couple of days ago, we saw a baby rattler, several hawks, tons of large frogs mating in the Indian Valley campus ponds, as well as piles of spaghetti-like strings of frog eggs in the water.