This site, accessesed from Lakeside Road at the eastern boundary of Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge provides public fishing. It consists of a gravel lane (for parking?) along the west side of Lakeside Rd at the entrance to the fishing area. One can walk along a road atop a levee on the south side of an irrigation canal, for I'm quessing quite a ways. There are are several small ponds immediately to the south of this canal which dry up late in the summer, or become shallow wetlands. Be aware that walking to far west along the levee might disturb nesting sandhill cranes and their young from early season until mid-summer.
1. Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa -
2. Sedge: Carex sp. -
3. American Water Plantain: Alisma plantago-aquatica -
4. Broad-leaf Arrowhead, Wapato: Sagittaria latifolia -
5. Bur Reed: Sparganium eurycarpum -
* 6. Cattails: Typha latifolia -
* 7. Prostrate Knotweed: Polygonum aviculare -
8. Yellow Water-lily: Nuphar polysepalum -
* 9. Small Creeping Buttercup: Ranunculus flammula -
10. Rose: Rosa sp. - Possibly Pearhip Rose, Rosa woodsii var. ultramontana. Multiple flowers/ hips per each inflorescence.
* 11. Hardhack, Douglas' Spiraea: Spiraea douglasii -
* 12. Bird's-foot Trefoil: Lotus corniculatus -
* 13. Yellow Clover: Trifolium aureum -
* 14. Filaree: Erodium cicutarium -
* 15. Common St. John's Wort: Hypericum perforatum - Mostly out of bloom.
* 16. Tall Annual Willowherb: Epilobium brachycarpum -
17. Water-milfoil: Myriophyllum sp. -
18. Water Parsnip: Sium suave -
* 19. Queen Anne's Lace, Wild Carrot: Daucus carota -
* 20. Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus -
* 21. Marsh Speedwell: Veronica scutellata -
* 22. Yarrow: Achillea millefolium var. occidentalis -
* 23. Nodding Beggar Ticks: Bidens cernua -
* 24. Canada Thistle: Cirsium arvense -
* 25. Bull Thistle: Cirsium vulgare -
* 26. Slender Hareleaf, Common Rabbitleaf: Lagophylla ramosissima - Fading out of bloom.
27. Mountain Tarweed: Madia glomerata -
28. Grassy Tarweed: Madia gracilis -
29. Canada Goldenrod, Meadow Goldenrod: Solidago lepida var. salebrosa (formerly Solidago canadensis var. salebrosa) -
* 30. Douglas' Aster: Symphyotrichum subspicatum var. subspicatum -
Mahala Mat: Ceanothus prostratus - Seen about one mile south of this site along Lakeside Rd in Conboy Lake NWR.
Douglas Squirrel
Sandhill Cranes (both seen on the ground and in flight)
Pine Siskins
Song Sparrow
Marsh Wren (Heard)
Canvasbacks ?
Wood Ducks
Mallards
Pied-billed Grebe
Preying Mantis - Numerous, probably a new hatch or molt as many were still very white in color.
Melissa Blues