Dunbar Lake, Cactus Observations, Etc.
What I've neglected in my rambles around Dunbar Lake is the wooded parts south of the south road. Only time I've been there it was during the CBC and there are definitely birds there though the only one I identified was a Flicker. Need to work that side, without getting shot by residents who may get upset by a peeping tom with binoculars and camera outside their houses. Had hoped becoming a TMN would give me a badge for protection in that kind of situation; a little dragonfly pin won't stop bullets or fists.
I had neen lumping together some cactus observations, including up to a half dozen individuals in one observation. Didn't do that yesterday for two reasons.
(1) My camera automatically inputs a GPS location for each photo, and lumping observations bypasses that nice labor-saving feature.
(2) iNat observations do not normally imply number, and on city land that may be subject to clearing or repurposing it might be handy to have the weight of numerous cactus observations close to hand.
From what I've seen, Echinocereus and Escobaria are not found just anywhere, and where there is a lot of prickly pear the area is devoid of other kinds of cactus. Too early to say for sure, but it looks like using the land for disk golf for example leads to more prickly pear and less Escobaria and Echinocereus whether the reason is theft or use itself.
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The GPS on my Nikon P510 is not perfect sometimes missing the true location by up to several city blocks, but it is better than my memory and is a big timesaver.
I've been up in there, i don't think it takes you anywhere that should be of concern to residents.
Early on in your "invasion" you can make it more evident what you're doing by bending over to study a mushroom or tree bark or whatever.
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