Weather: Temperature - 50s. Partly cloudy. Winds light, building in the afternoon. Always carry appropriate clothing for all kinds of weather at this time of year!

*1. Yellow Bells: Fritillaria pudica- Fading bloom at the summit.

*2. Grass Widow: Olsynium inflatum - A few in bloom only at the summit of the ridge.

*3. Miner's Lettuce: Claytonia (Montia) perfoliata

*4. Jagged chickweed: Holosteum umbellatum -

*5. Upland Larkspur: Delphinium nuttallianum -

*6. The Dalles Mt. Buttercup: Ranunculus reconditus - A few still in bloom at the highest elevations and on the north-facing slopes.

*7. Bittercress: Cardamine hirsuta ? -

*8. Dagger Pod: Phoenicaulis cheiranthoides - Fairly numerous bloom at the higher elevations.

*9. Fringe Pod: Thysanocarpus curvipes - Still in bloom with lots of ripe seed pods.

*10. Bulblet prairie Star: Lithophragma bulbifera - Common at the highest elevations.

*11. Northwestern Saxifrage: Saxifraga integrifolia var. claytoniaefolia - A few in bloom near the summit.

*12. Woolly-pod Milk-vetch: Astragalus purshii - Many in bloom.

*13. Yakima Milk-vetch: Astragalus reventiformis - Beginning to bloom at middle elevations.

14. Columbia Gorge Broad-leaf Lupine: Lupinus latifolius var. thompsonianus - Many plants within days of blooming.

*15. Big-head Clover: Trifolium macrocephalum - Fairly good bloom along the lower sections of the road.

*16. Filaree: Erodium cicutarium - Very common.

*19. Slender-fruited Desert Parsley: Lomatium leptocarpum

*20. Gray-leaf Desert Parsley: Lomatium macrocarpum - White flowered form, fairly common above 2000'.

*21. Bare-stem Desert Parsley: Lomatium nudicaule - Small plants, but numerous bloom.

*22. Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi - A few plants still in bloom on the upper, north-facing slopes where snow lay late into the spring.

*23. Midget Phlox: Phlox (Microsteris) gracilis - A few in bloom along the uppermost, north-facing slopes.

*24. Showy Phlox: Phlox speciosa- Beginning to bloom at middle elevations.

*25. Ball-head Waterleaf: Hydrophyllum capitatum var. thompsonii - A few beginning to bloom at middle elevations.

*26. Fiddleneck: Amsinckia retrorsa - Small plants, but common.

*27. Corn Gromwell: Lithospermum arvense - Several plants in bloom at the summit of the ridge.

*28. Small-flowered Blue-eyed Mary: Collinsia parviflora - Fairly abundant above.

*29. White Plectritis: Plectritis macrocera

*30. Annual Agoseris: Agoseris heterophylla - Fairly common at all elevations.

*31. Arrow-leaf Balsamroot: Balsamhoriza sagittata - Plants are small but numerous below, just beginning to bloom at the summit of the ridge.

*31. Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule - Moderate bloom only at the summit.

*32. False Agoseris: Microseris troximoides - A few in bloom at lower and medium elevations.

1. Ravens

2. Western Bluebirds

3. Meadow Larks

4. American Robin

5. Pair of Harriers hunting the slopes

6. Pair of Kestrels

7. Red-tailed Hawk

8. Golden Eagle, hazed by one Harrier and one Red-tailed Hawk

9. California Quail

10. Chukar

11. Western Fence Lizard

12. California Ground Squirrels