Grass widows at right.

1. Grass Widow: Sisyrinchium douglasii var. douglassii

2. Scale Pod: Idahoa scapigera

3. Salt & Pepper or Piper's Desert Parsley: Lomatium piperi

Animals Seen:

1. 5 Mule Deer

2. Common Crows (about 1 dozen)

3. American Robin (numerous)

4. Red-winged Blackbird (about 1 dozen)

5. Male and female Bufflehead Ducks

1. Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna var. boerhaavii

2. Common Chickweed: Cerastium vulgatum

3. Smooth Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabra

4. Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum

5. Pungent Desert Parsley: Lomatium grayi

6. Salt & Pepper or Piper's Desert Parsley: Lomatium piperi

Beware of the backroads in this area, which have very squishy, muddy shoulders at this time! Park with caution on the road shoulders!

1. Grass Widow: Sisyrinchium douglasii var. douglasii

2. Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule

Animals Seen:

1. Two Common Ravens

2. American Robins (numerous)

3. Western Bluebirds (six)

4. Red-tailed Hawk and rodent prey

5. Black-billed magpie (one)

1. Grass Widow: Sisyrinchium douglasii var. douglasii

2. Line-leaf Montia: Montia linearis

3. Spring Whitlow-grass: Draba verna var. boerhaavii

4. Smooth Prairie Star: Lithophragma glabra

5. Northwestern Saxifrage: Saxifraga integrifolia var. integrifolia

6. Western Saxifrage: Saxifraga occidentalis

7. Columbia Desert Parsley: Lomatium columbianum

8. Salt & Pepper or Piper's Desert Parsley: Lomatium piperi

9. Gold Stars: Crocidium multicaule

Animals Seen on the Major Creek Plateau:

1. California Ground Squirrel

2. Common Merganser

3. Mallard Ducks (about 1 dozen)

4. Canada Geese (about 2 dozen)

5. American Robin (numerous)

6. Western Bluebird (about 1 dozen)

7. Starlings (several dozen)

8. Scrub Jay (several)

9. unidentified swallows (six)