Snow Plant (Sarcodes sanguinea Torr.) This plant is a fungi that feeds off the roots of conifers. While returning from shopping in Susanville, I drove a back road and came upon an area loaded with snow plants. They pop from the ground in spring shortly after the snow melts and are quite beautiful. My Grandmother used [...]
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Snow Plant
Posted in wildflowers, tagged wildflowers on July 5, 2011 | 1 Comment »
April Weekend at the Ranch
Posted in California newt, Coyotes, Endangered species, photography, reptiles, snakes, wildflowers, wildlife, wildlife conservation, wildlife management, tagged Wildlife photography on April 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It was a good weekend to be in the hills. Here are a few of the photos I was able to take while traveling around the ranch. (Click to enlarge.) Surprise. It’s unusual for ranch road coyotes to pose for a broadside photo. Another rarity, only in spring will you see two great [...]
Mending Fences – with Distractions
Posted in Endangered species, Hunting, Mountain lions, Scat, turkey, wildflowers, tagged Ohlone Preserve wildflowers, Rio Grande Turkey on April 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The pace of work changes when you spend a couple days in the hills. It’s really hard to get in a hurry and there are many distractions. The main event- mending fence. The sub plots – turkeys, wildflowers and other photo ops. (Click photos to enlarge.) When you’re working on a project that looks overwhelming, [...]
The Mariposa Lilly
Posted in wildflowers, tagged Mariposa Lilly, wildflowers on June 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s not a great year for wildflowers at the ranch, but it is a great year for grass. The annual grasses are about three feet tall, but they have shaded out many of the flowers. On an walk down the canyon running through our property we did manage to find quite a few flowers still [...]
Turkey Season Almost Over, Butterflys Abundant and Deer Hunting on the Horizon
Posted in birds of prey, butterflies, Deer hunting, turkey, Uncategorized, wildflowers, wildlife, tagged checkerspot butterfly on May 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One week left in the archery turkey season and I haven’t loosed an arrow. Actually I haven’t hunted since opening day. Last year’s turkey crop was below par and only one gobler is living on our ranch where we generally hunt. However, there are still turkeys in the area and with this spring’s rain promoting good [...]
Wildflower Smorgasboard
Posted in photography, wildflowers, tagged Ohlone Preserve wildflowers, Wildlflowers of the East Bay on April 28, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The flowers were very impressive last weekend and I had to bring a few back with me. Here they are. Since I didn’t know the names of most of them, I named them myself. Awsome Common brush beauty. Chaparal plant Johnny jumpups were still out. My favorite. Something new. Here’s a real smorgasboard.
The Snakes of Spring
Posted in outdoors, photography, snakes, trout, wildflowers, wildlife, tagged rattle snakes, spring wildfowers on April 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On our trip to the Ranch last Monday, we observed many of the rights of spring, golden eagles feeding their young in a roadside nest, vulture eggs inside a hollow oak, a turkey gobler strutting and gobbling, trout smolt heading downstream, a gopher snake in the road, plump does ready to give birth and [...]
Spring Days at the Ranch
Posted in Hunting, outdoors, photography, turkey, wildflowers, wildlife, wildlife conservation, Wildlife habitat, tagged spring wildfowers, wildlife photos on March 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Drove to the ranch on Friday. Used the pick and shovel to clean the roads and cut back a fallen oak that was blocking the road. Then we glassed for turkeys, but found none. Shot my bow and fixed a problem before it got too dark to shoot. I was glad I had my backup [...]
Nature Quiz
Posted in butterflies, wildflowers, tagged butterflies, wildflowers on March 15, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Took a little trip to the ranch this week and came home with photos of a few early spring wildflowers. They’re not your run of the mill favorites and I didn’t know for sure the names of any of them. Nor did I know the name of the only butterfly species I found. Therefore you [...]
Wildflowers, Waterfalls and Wilderness
Posted in wildflowers, tagged wildflowers on July 22, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The wildflowers were out in full force in the Hoover Wilderness last weekend. These flowers were along the Little Walker River at about 9200 feet elevation. Lupines on the far bank, but I don’t know the name of the yellows ones. Butterflies were also out in numbers. One the way home we discovered Levitt Falls along highway 108 on [...]
