Weather: Mostly sunny with thin high clouds, very light wind, temperatures in the mid 50s.
* Grass Widow: Olsynium douglasii var. douglasii - Several dozen in various stages of blooming along the paved paths below the parking area at Catherine Creek. A few others beginning to bloom on the grassy lower slopes between Coyote Wall and the Labyrinth.
Bitterroot: Lewisia rediviva - Numerous rosettes of basal leaves. This won't bloom dependably here until mid to late April.
* Smooth Prairie Stars: Lithophragma glabrum - Single plant seen in bloom on the grassy lower slopes between Coyote Wall and the Labyrinth.
Rusty-hair Saxifrage: Micranthes rufidula - Some plants with flower buds along the paved path below the Catherine Creek parking lot.
Native Rose: Rosa sp. - New leaves unfurling with the sunny, warm weather.
* Gorman's Salt and Pepper: Lomatium gormanii
* Klickitat Desert Parsley: Lomatium klickitatense
* Butterfly-loving Desert Parsley: Lomatium papilioniferum
* Salt and Pepper: Lomatium piperi - Numerous plants seen in bloom on the grassy lower slopes between Coyote Wall and the Labyrinth.
Numerous hikers: Homo sapiens var. hikerus poopedus
Numerous mountain bikers: Biccicleta montanus var. mucho muckus
Numerous dogs: Canus domesticus var. all off-leashius
Numerous bald eagles (both adult and juvenile)
Red-tailed hawks
Kestrel
Northern flicker
Downy woodpecker
Hairy woodpecker ?
Western Meadowlarks - singing and swarming in groups to feed across the ground
Western bluebirds
Dark-eyed juncos
Ruby-crowned kinglets ? (viewed from long distance)
Pond frogs croaking (small bullfrog species?)
Pacific tree frogs singing their lil' hearts out in search of a mate
Small insects flying in the air
Domestic honey bees swarming around an opening at the base of a large oak.
Carniverous ground beetle
Small moths
