Weather: Parly cloudy with occasional sun breaks. Winds light, 5 mph increasing to 10-15 mph late in the afternoon. Temps in the high 60s.
* Indian Ricegrass: Achnatherum hymenoides - Beginning to bloom.
* Crested Wheatgrass: Agropyron cristatum ?
* Cheatgrass: Bromus tectorum
* Bulbous Bluegrass: Poa bulbosa
* Sandberg's Bluegrass: Poa secunda ssp. secunda - Past bloom.
Sagebrush Mariposa: Calochortus macrocarpus var. macrocarpus
Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Pods maturing.
Pale Bastard Toadflax: Comandra umbellata (var. pallida ?)
Snow Buckwheat: Eriogonum niveum or Strict Buckwheat: Eriogonum strictum (var. proliferum ?)
* Veiny Dock: Rumex venosus - Mostly forming fruits.
* Spiny Hopsage: Grayia spinosa
Russian Thistle: Salsola tragus
Greasewood: Sarcobatus vermiculatus
Franklin's Sandwort: Eremogone franklinii var. franklinii
* Jagged Chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum - Fading out of bloom.
* Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum var. nuttallianum
* Narrow Tansymustard: Descurainia longepedicellata
* Flixweed: Descurainia sophia ?
* Western Wallflower: Erysimum occidentale
* Tumblemustard: Sisymbrium altissimum
* Long-beaked Fiddle Mustard: Streptanthella longirostris
Pale Evening-primrose: Oenothera pallida - In bud.
* Lyall's Milkvetch: Astragalus lyallii - Beginning to bloom.
* The Dalles Milkvetch: Astragalus sclerocarpus
* Columbia Milkvetch: Astragalus succumbens
Scurf-pea: Laedeania lanceolata
* Low Lupine: Lupinus pusillus var. intermontanus
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium
* Turpentine Wave-wing: Cymopterus terebinthinus
Large-fruited Desert Parsley: Lomatium macrocarpum - Leaves.
* White-stem Blazing-star: Mentzelia albicaulis
Field Bindweed: Convolvulus arvensis
Gilia: Aliciella sp. - Only basal leaves.
* Longleaf Phlox: Phlox longifolia
Silverleaf Phacelia: Phacelia hastata var. hastata - In bud.
* Threadleaf Phacelia: Phacelia linearis
* Tarweed Fiddleneck: Amsinckia lycopsoides
* Wingnut Cryptantha: Cryptantha pectocarya
* Sand Penstemon: Penstemon accuminatus var. acuminatus
* Yarrow: Achillea millefolium -Beginning to bloom.
Big Sagebrush: Artemisia tridentata var. tridentata
* Carey's Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana
Dusty Maidens: Chaenactis douglasii
Green Rabbitbrush: Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus var. viscidiflorus
Gray Rabbitbrush: Ericameria nauseosa (ssp. albicaulis ?)
Threadleaf Fleabane: Erigeron filifolius - In bud.
* Cushion Fleabane: Erigeron poliospermus
* Cusick's Sunflower: Helianthus cusickii - Beginning to bloom.
Columbia Cutleaf: Hymenopappus filifolius - In bud.
Hoary-aster: Dieteria canescens var. incana
Yellow Salsify: Tragopogon dubius
Mule Deer - On islands in the river, but wading in the shallow waters, feeding?
Red-tailed Hawk
Harrier
Ravens
Common Egrets
Great Blue Herons
Canada Geese
Mallards
Scaups
Goldeneyes
Buffleheads
Common Mergansers
Coots
Pied-billed Grebe
Starlings
Western Meadowlarks
Red-winged Blackbirds
California Quail
Mourning Dove
American Robins
White-crowned Sparrows
Yellow-rumped Warblers
Cliff Swallows
Violet-green Swallows
Rock Wren - Heard.
Lizards
Black Widow
Anise Swallowtail
Gray Hairstreaks
Sulphurs
Carnivorous Ground Beetles
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