« 2024-04 Central California

April 9-10, 2024: Carrizo Plain National Monument, east side (San Luis Obispo County, California)

The west side of CPNM is in a separate album.

April 9

Swainson's hawk
Selby Road
wildflowers, Panorama Hills, & the Temblor Range
Soda Lake Road
California joint-fir flowers
Soda Lake Road
thistle sage
Soda Lake Road
wildflowers
Soda Lake Road
gold-fields
Soda Lake Road
golden sun-cup
Soda Lake Road
gold-fields, Elkhorn Scarp, & the Temblor Range
Soda Lake Road
Stanislaus milk-vetch pods
Soda Lake Road
Caliente Range & wildflowers
Soda Lake Road
Elkhorn Hills & wildflowers
Soda Lake Road
wildlowers, Elkhorn Plain, & the Temblor Range
Elkhorn Hills
black-hair milk-vetch
Elkhorn Hills
Elkhorn Plain & the Temblor Range
Elkhorn Hills
wildflowers, Elkhorn Plain, & the Temblor Range
Elkhorn Road
Great Valley phacelia & the Temblor Range
Elkhorn Road
desert pincushion
Temblor Ridge Road
last year's desert candles
Temblor Ridge Road
desert pincushion
Temblor Ridge Road
lacy phacelia
Temblor Ridge Road
San Joaquin blazing-star
Temblor Ridge Road
Lemmon's poppy
Temblor Ridge Road
blazing-star (which?)
Temblor Ridge Road
California buckwheat (?), budding
Temblor Ridge Road
Elkhorn Plain & Elkhorn Hills
Temblor Ridge Road
San Joaquin blazing-star
near Temblor Ridge Road
desert candles
near Temblor Ridge Road
wildflowers in the Temblor Range
near Temblor Ridge Road
winter-fat
near Temblor Ridge Road
wildflowers on the east side of the Temblor Range
near Temblor Ridge Road
Sierra Nevada
near Temblor Ridge Road
wildflowers
near Temblor Ridge Road
wildflowers
near Temblor Ridge Road
hillside daisies
near Temblor Ridge Road
Parry's mallow
near Temblor Ridge Road
ground squirrel's food stash
near Temblor Ridge Road
wind poppy
near Temblor Ridge Road
west side of the Temblor Range
Temblor Ridge Road
wildflowers
Elkhorn Road
rock layers and wildflowers
Elkhorn Grade Road
tilted rock layers
Elkhorn Grade Road
red maids
Beam Flat
tomcat clover
Beam Flat
gilia (which?)
Beam Flat
narrow-leaf goldenbush
Elkhorn Road
view toward Mount Pinos
Elkhorn Road
Elkhorn Hills & wildflowers
Soda Lake Road
wild rhubarb (canaigre dock)
Padrones Canyon Road
cryptantha (which?)
Padrones Canyon Road
pale bird's-eye gilia
Padrones Canyon Road
pale bird's-eye gilia & gold-fields
Padrones Canyon Road
San Joaquin antelope squirrel
Padrones Canyon Road
variable linanthus
Padrones Canyon Road
eroded red rock
Padrones Canyon Road
Douglas' phacelia
Padrones Canyon Road
golden sun-cup
Padrones Canyon Road
short-style owl's-clover
Padrones Canyon Road
No Vehicles
Padrones Canyon Road
Elkhorn Scarp & wildflowers
Padrones Canyon Road
rancheria clover
Quail Springs Road
The Middle of Nowhere
Quail Springs Road
spring-gold desert parsley
Quail Springs Road
purple owl's-clover & gold-fields
Quail Springs Road
Bigelow's linanthus
Quail Springs Road
pin-point clover
Quail Springs Road
last year's golden-star stalks
Quail Springs Road
very small Great Valley phacelia
Quail Springs Road
rodent trails
Quail Springs Road
juniper urn midge gall on California juniper
Quail Springs Road
San Joaquin silver-puffs (?)
Quail Springs Road

April 10

cream-cups
Quail Springs Road
view to the south
Quail Springs Road
Caliente Range
Quail Springs Road
golden sun-cups
Quail Springs Road
cream-cups
Quail Springs Road
silver-puffs
Quail Canyon
cream-cups & gold-fields
Quail Canyon
wildflowers
Quail Canyon
baby-blue-eyes & gold-fields
Quail Canyon
white plectritis
Quail Canyon
Coast Range fence lizard
Quail Canyon
chick lupine
Quail Canyon
plains evening-primrose (contorted sun-cup)
Quail Canyon
Quail Springs
Quail Canyon
lance-leaf live-forever, budding
Quail Canyon
Panoche Creek larkspur (?), budding
Quail Canyon
Quail Canyon
Quail Canyon
whispering bells
Quail Canyon
California four o'clock
Quail Canyon
hillside daisies
Quail Canyon
snake's-head desert-dandelion
Quail Springs Road
wildflowers
Quail Springs Road
wildflowers in Quail Canyon
Quail Springs Road
ball gilia
Quail Springs Road
cream-cups & other wildflowers
Quail Springs Road
blue dicks
Quail Springs Road
gold-fields & fiddleneck
Quail Springs Road
wildflowers
Quail Springs Road
little gilia
Quail Springs Road
wildflowers
Quail Springs Road
shredding evening-primrose (Booth's sun-cups)
Quail Springs Road
chia sage & hillside daisies
Quail Springs Road
Carrizo Plain
Quail Springs Road
distant phacelia & hillside daisies
Quail Springs Road
Hoover's desert-trumpet buckwheat, last year's stalks
Quail Springs Road
wildflowers, Carrizo Plain, & the Temblor Range
Wells Ranch Road
comb-seed (which?)
Wells Ranch Road
cream-cups with only 3 petals
Wells Ranch Road
puffball mushroom
Wells Ranch Road
narrow-leaf & short-style owl's-clover
Wells Ranch Road
Howell's onion
Wells Ranch Road
hillside daisies
Wells Ranch Road
white fiesta-flower
Wells Ranch Road
deer-vetch (which?)
Wells Ranch Road
road through wildflowers
Wells Ranch Road
cushion cryptantha
Wells Ranch Road
thistle sage & gold-fields
Wells Ranch Road
silver bush lupine
Wells Ranch Road
yellow pincushion
Wells Ranch Road
purple owl's-clover & gold-fields
Wells Ranch Road

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