The Lakes Are Full (Or At Least Have Water) This Year | Flagstaff, AZ (April 8, 2019)

A record-breaking snowy winter means that this year's landscape is going to be markedly different from the way it was in 2018. The lakes (Upper and Lower Lake Mary and Mormon Lake to some extent) are full (or full-ish) which means that water now covers areas along the lakes where meadows grew last year. The rocks that were exposed last year along Upper Lake Mary are now completely underwater, and there are a number of different groups of ducks and geese dabbling and diving in Mormon Lake.

I'm excited...to kayak on Lower Lake Mary this year, but I'm most excited to see what this means for the flora that will be sprouting soon and well into the winter season, and to see what types of fauna the water will attract.

Posted on April 9, 2019 11:24 PM by lunamothkd lunamothkd

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Grasses (Family Poaceae)

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April 8, 2019 02:11 PM MST

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Creeping Mahonia (Berberis repens)

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April 8, 2019 02:12 PM MST

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Wax Currant (Ribes cereum)

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April 8, 2019 02:14 PM MST

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Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)

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April 8, 2019 02:22 PM MST

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American Coot (Fulica americana)

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April 8, 2019 02:15 PM MST

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Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)

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April 8, 2019 02:22 PM MST

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Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)

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April 8, 2019 02:22 PM MST

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Northern Shoveler (Spatula clypeata)

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April 8, 2019 02:23 PM MST

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Cinnamon Teal (Spatula cyanoptera)

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April 8, 2019 02:23 PM MST

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True Sedges (Genus Carex)

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April 8, 2019 02:28 PM MST

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Spiny Lizards (Genus Sceloporus)

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April 8, 2019 02:31 PM MST

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Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

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April 8, 2019 02:30 PM MST

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Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)

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April 8, 2019 02:40 PM MST

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Creeping Mahonia (Berberis repens)

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April 8, 2019 02:37 PM MST

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Grasses (Family Poaceae)

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April 8, 2019 02:40 PM MST

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