* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica- Beginning to bloom out.
* Grass Widows: Olsynium douglasii var. inflatum - Beginning to bloom out.
* Dalles Mt. Buttercup: Ranunculus triternatus - Less than a dozen left in bloom
* Chickweed: Stellaria media- A few in bloom.
* Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna - Many in bloom.
* Canby's Desert Parsley: Lomatium canbyi - A few in bloom.
* Gorman's Salt and Pepper: Lomatium gormanii - A few in bloom.
* Biscuit Root: Lomatium macrocarpum (white-flowered form)-
* Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule- A few in bloom.
* Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi- Numerous.
* Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis- Numerous.
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora- Numerous.
* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule -Many in bloom at the west end.
Info for photographers: Along the lower sections of the road, the balsamroot is in full bloom. A good bloom of lupine amonst these balsamroot should be evident by next weekend!
* Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica - Fading below, in good bloom above.
* Spring Whitlow Grass: Draba verna - Common, especially at higher elevations.
* Fringe Pod: Thysanocarpus curvipes - Common at higher elevations.
* Bulblet Prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera (Now included as part of Lithophragma glabrum) - Fairly common near the Dalles Mt. Ranch
* Smooth Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabrum - Fairly common.
* Small-flowered Prairie Star: Lithophragma parviflorum - Beginning bloom at lower elevations.
* Serviceberry: Amelanchier alnifolia - A few in bloom at lower elevations.
* Woolly-pod Milk-vetch: Astragalus purshii - In full bloom at mid to upper elevations along the road.
Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. latifolius (formerly var. thompsonianus) - Flower buds on racemes becoming visible.
* Big-head Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum - Beginning bloom at mid elevations.
* Filaree: Erodium cicutarium- A few in bloom.
* Biscuit Root: Lomatium macrocarpum - Both white and yellow flowered versions, not coommon.
* Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule- A few in bloom.
* Butterfly-loving (Pungent) Desert Parsely: Lomatium papilioniferum - Numerous bloom.
* Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi- A few in bloom.
* Nine-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium triternatum var. triternatum - Numerous bloom.
* Poet's Shooting Star: Dodecatheon poeticum - Fairly numerous below in moist areas.
* Midget Phlox: Microsteris gracilis- Numerous.
* Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa - Beginning bloom at mid elevations.
* Rigid Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa- A few in bloom along the road.
* Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora - Numerous.
* White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera - Fairly common.
* Big Root: Marah oreganus - A few in bloom at lower elevations.
* Balsamroot: Balsamorhiza careyana x deltoidea- Numerous.
* Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule -Many in bloom at the west end.
* False Agoseris: Nothocalais troximoides - A few in bloom
1. Horned Lark- Many
2. Western Bluebirds- 2
3. Red-tailed Hawk (attacking 2 ravens)
4. Ravens- several pairs
4. Kestrel
5. Hawk
6. Yellow-crowned Kinglet