Morgan Territory - 4/30/2021
I returned to Morgan Territory today, to see if anything new was happening in the burn areas, and the answer was mostly... Not really... which isn't surprising since it's barely rained. But there were many flowers, the most notable of which were yellow fairy lanterns (Calochortus amabilis), and there were a lot of them! Certainly in areas that burned, but also in areas that didn't, so I don't know if the numbers are unusual or not, but they sure were delightful.
Similar to Coe, there were also quite a few large, dense patches of Collinsia, again often in areas that burned, but also areas that didn't. Open grassy fields in the northeast part of the park were dotted with hundreds of Ithuriel's spears, all very short. It's also prime time for Blow wives, tons of them and quite common. Winecup Clarkia, yarrow, blue dicks and Whiskerbrush were also often seen. Oh! And a surprise, semi-hidden patch of wind poppies!
Since it was a warm day, pollinators were out in force, so many large and small, especially on Collinsia heterophylla, and one patch of chaparral with blooming black sage, yerba santa and sticky monkeyflower (the first two being by far the favorites.) Wonderful clouds all day, including a dramatic sun ring.
Having returned the horrible Galaxy S21, I got a Pixel 5 and took it for a spin today, and while it's significantly better for this purpose than the S21, it's still not great. The color and exposure are much better, but it's hard to focus properly, I can't get as close to the subject as I can with my S8, and probably because of that have trouble getting things really sharp and detailed. Sigh. I never thought that I'd have so much trouble finding a new phone camera that is at least as good as my old one. Ain't that the way of it. But why?
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newtpatrolתיאור
So many of these at Morgan Territory! These in particular were in an area that burned last year.
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newtpatrolתיאור
So many of these at Morgan Territory! These in particular were in an area that burned last year.
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Lovely and vivid, in an area that burned last year. I think they're Blue Dicks, but still have a hard time committing.
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newtpatrolתיאור
So many of these at Morgan Territory! These in particular were in an area that burned last year.
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Quite a few nice patches of Chinese Houses, especially in areas that burned last year, but also in areas that didn't.
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In an area that burned last year, rather small. Very similar to a few others seen nearby, but the other ones were much larger, maybe just due to conditions?
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So many of these at Morgan Territory! These in particular were in an area that burned last year.
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ששית (שררדיה) מצויה (Sherardia arvensis)מתצפת.ת
newtpatrolתיאור
In an area that burned last year
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A few patches of these, including in areas that burned last year.
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I saw many similar piles of poop along this part of the trail, some fresher
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Maybe a pale version of one that's usually purple? There were lots of purple Larkspurs (which I'm now realizing I never photographed), including in the vicinity of this plant (there were actually two that looked like this.)
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Lots of these scattered in open grasslands around the northeast side of the park. Notably short.
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Beautiful, frosted bees, quite a few of this kind on yerba santa (Eriodictyon californicum)
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So many of these! In an area of Morgan Territory that did not burn last year.
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A surprising number of them, in a half-hidden spot off the trail that did not burn last year.
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פזאי אדום-כנף (Agelaius phoeniceus)מתצפת.ת
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It must be nesting season, the red-winged blackbirds were very aggressive and showing off
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