Desert paintbrush (Castilleja chromosa) and purple sage (Salvia dorrii) blooming on slopes next to the John Day River along Oregon Highway 19 in north-central Oregon................May 16, 2010.

Western Juniper: Juniperus occidentalis var. occidentalis

Ponderosa Pine: Pinus ponderosa

Poison Ivy: Toxicodendron rydbergii

Quaking Aspen: Populus tremuloides

Black Cottonwood: Populus trichocarpa

* Creek Dogwood: Cornus sericea

Giant Wildrye: Leymus cinereus

Common Cattail: Typha latifolia

Stinging Nettles: Urtica dioica

* Panicle Deathcamas: Toxicoscordion paniculatum

White False Hellebore: Veratrum californicum ?

* Western Blue Flag: Iris missouriensis

* Northern Buckwheat: Eriogonum compositum var. compositum

* Parsnipflower Buckwheat: Eriogonum heracleoides var. heracleoides

Slenderbush Buckwheat: Eriogonum microthecum var. microthecum

* Rock Buckwheat: Eriogonum sphaerocephalum (var. halimioides ?)

Greasewood: Sarcobatus vermiculatus - In bud.

* Western Clematis: Clematis ligusticifolia

* Pale Alyssum: Alyssum alyssoides

* Rough Wallflower: Erysimum capitatum var. capitatum

* Tall Tumblemustard: Sisymbrium altissimum

* Thickleaved Thelypody: Thelypodium laciniatum var. laciniatum

* Golden Spider Flower: Cleome platycarpa

* Lava Alumroot: Heuchera cylindrica (var. alpina ?)

* Mock Orange: Philadelphus lewisii

* Common Chokecherry: Prunus virginiana v. melanocarpa

* Harison's Yellow Rose: Rosa x harisonii

* Nootka Rose: Rosa nutkana

* Pearhip Rose: Rosa woodsii var. ultramontana

* Threadstalk Milkvetch: Astragalus filipes

* Pea: Lathyrus sp.

* Spurred Lupine: Lupinus arbustus

* Prairie Lupine: Lupinus lepidus var. aridus

* Velvet Lupine: Lupinus leucophylllus

* Chick Lupine: Lupinus microcarpus

* Yellow Sweetclover: Melilotus officinale

* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium

* Redstem Ceanothus: Ceanothus sanguineus

* Perennial Flax ?: Linum (perenne?)

* Sticky Geranium: Geranium viscosissimum

* Orange Globe Mallow: Sphaeralcea munroana

* Elkhorns Clarkia: Clarkia pulchella

* Burr Chervil: Anthriscus caucalis

* Poison-hemlock: Conium maculatum

* Cow Parsnip: Heracleum lanatum

* Field Bindweed: Convolvulus arvensis

Spreading Dogbane: Apocynum androsaemifolium (var. ?)

* Longleaf Phlox: Phlox longifolia - Fading out of bloom.

* Varileaf Phacelia: Phacelia heterophylla ssp. virgata

* Madwort: Asperugo procumbens

* Cockscomb Cryptantha: Cryptantha celosioides / Cryptantha spiculifera

* Common Cryptanth: Cryptantha intermedia

* Henbit: Lamium amplexicaule

* Purple Sage: Salvia dorrii - Fading out of bloom.

* Desert Paintbrush: Castilleja chromosa - Fading out of bloom

* Dalmatian Toadflax: Linaria dalmatica

* Common Monkeyflower: Mimulus guttatus

* Washinton Monkeyflower: Mimulus washingtonensis

Cutleaf Penstemon: Penstemon richardsonii

* Showy Penstemon: Penstemon speciosus

* Moth Mullein: Verbascum blatteria

Common Mullein: Verbascum thapsus

* American Brooklime: Veronica americanum

* Blue Elderberry: Sambucus mexicana

Teasel: Dipsacus fullonum

* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium

Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata ssp. tridentata

* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana

* Bachelor Buttons: Centaurea cyanus

* Hoary False Yarrow: Chaenactis douglasii v. douglasii

* John Day Chaenactis: Chaenactis nevii

Wavyleaf Thistle: Cirsium undulatum ?

* Western Hawksbeard: Crepis occidentalis

* Gray Hawksbeard: Crepis sp. (Crepis intermedia ?)

Gray Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosum

Columbia Goldenweed: Ericameria resinosa

* Shaggy Fleabane: Erigeron pumilus

* Woolly Sunflower, Oregon Sunshine: Eriophyllum lanatum var. integrifolium

* Blanket Flower: Gaillardia aristata

Matchbrush: Gutierrezia sarothrae

* Cusick's Sunflower: Helianthus cusickii

* Gray Horsebrush: Tetradymia canescens

* Northern Mule's Ears: Wyethia amplexicaulis

Mule Deer doe swimming the John Day River near Spray, OR

California Quail

Mourning Doves

Magpies

Brewer's Blackbirds

Starlings

American Robins

Western Wood Peewees

English Sparrows