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Bluehead Gilia (Gilia capitata)Observer
helenhDescription
probably subsp. staminea
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Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)Observer
helenhDescription
There were two golden eagles.
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Common Merganser (Mergus merganser)Observer
helenhDescription
Found on trail about 100 feet from the creek
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Wild Boar (Sus scrofa)Observer
helenhDescription
Tree with scraping marks. Lowest mark was about 16" above the ground, and highest 32". Some marks were fresh, and other older. Perhaps some sort of hoof or tusk marks?
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Valley Popcornflower (Plagiobothrys canescens var. canescens)Observer
helenhDescription
Growing in middle of gravel road near walnut orchard. Plant was prostrate, over 8 inches in diameter. Not much in the way of basal leaves, and certainly no red veins or red staining. Three to four nutlets.
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Red Willow (Salix laevigata)Observer
helenhDescription
A double-trunked Salix laevigata, red willow (male)
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True Babystars (Leptosiphon bicolor)Observer
helenhDescription
All of these flowers were white. A nearby observation from 2023 showed a mixture of pink and white.
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Whirligig Mites (Genus Anystis)Observer
helenhDescription
Running really fast; thus difficult to photograph. These were on staminate catkins of a Red Willow tree, until they ended up on my gloves.
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Western Sycamore (Platanus racemosa)Observer
helenhDescription
Damaged sycamore from SCU Lightning Complex fire of August 2020. First photo, taken from the trail, shows a large fire scar at the base of the sycamore. The other photos show the other side of the same tree. The fire apparently burned up through the trunk and caused a large portion of the tree to fall. Last photo shows an overview.
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San Francisco Woodland-Star (Lithophragma affine)Observer
helenhDescription
several plants between a fallen burned sycamore and the creek
