On the way to the cam, we saw a few interesting sights, as usual.
Gail Scale
What is this ? It has very soft velvety leaves.
Gail Jail
Ash-throated Flycatcher
When we got home, we plugged the cam into the computer, and after going through and deleting 197 videos of moving leaves triggering the camera, we ended up with these two keepers:
April 20, 11:24 PM Skunk
Last night, April 22, 9:45 PM Mountain Lion
This may very well be the same lion we caught on the cam in February. It may even know
us by now, although we never see it. We're glad we didn't pick up the cam a day earlier!
There are some magnificent, shady oak groves along the canyon. Most of that lower green, however, is poison oak.
When we returned to the car, we commented on how we hadn't seen another soul, and it was a Sunday. Turned out that the 78 was closed at the bottom of the grade after we had driven up before 7:00 AM. Thanks, Cal Trans!
3 comments:
Ahah, you succeeded in baiting me with a plant question! Could it be the "Flannel Leaf plant" Mullein? Not a native, but an introduced species that found itself a happy new home in America. This website is interesting http://www.livescience.com/52001-common-mullein-herb-plant-photos.html
Possibly, but to me the leaves seem thicker, maybe lambs ear (Stachys byzantina)? We'll check the flowers when they open if we return again.
Yeah check that thing out! Neither are natives, so that is interesting. Apparently mullein grows as a "foliage rosette" and lambs ear as a "foliage clump". Flower colors are different and mullein stalks grow much taller. (not trying to act like I knew this off the top of my head)
:)
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