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photo by Forrest Stonedahl 2021
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April 1, 2022
The ridge is covered with grass widows, but in photos it looks better to focus on a few...
April 2
We walked to Hidden Lake last evening,
April 3
The mist was spreading on the mill pond last evening:
The buttercups and large and plentiful this year, and the overcast day prevented them shining white on their yellowness...
April 13th
We went to Spokane yesterday, where marmots are plentiful downtown, and saw several while we were looking out a window:
Ground hogs are marmots, but not vice versa (marmot is the family name). They are the largest ground squirrels.
Today
we went for a hike across from Farragut State Park, with a lovely view
of the lake with the end of the state park, and the bay with Bayview
visible behind it, with a fire ravaged Cape Horn prominent.
April 18
It snowed enough to cover the trees and ground on Easter--gone by the afternoon though.
This yellow bell was poking through it...
The red necked grebes are back in pairs--their mating call sounds like someone is getting their neck twisted...
April 25
This
may be a new wildflower, or I may recognize it when it's fully open...
From a bike ride on the logging roads yesterday...
I
also don't know the name of these tubular bells that are about an inch
long, but the tiny violet looking things along the edge are Maiden Mary
Blue Eyes.
This is a spotted towhee in a locust tree, with its tail fanned a bit..
Here are the yellow fawn or glacier lilies...
And the trillium or western wake robin has checked in as well...
April 27
There
are two theories when I google to ask why dew forms at the top of
grass. One is that the narrowing shape causes the tiny drops to
roll up towards the point. The other is that moisture is exuded
from inside the grass. I favor the former...
Another view of Spirit Lake from the west end...
Not sure what these finches are yet...
These
turkey vultures at Farragut were a part of a dozen or so. The one
on the left is carrying a stick, so it's probably a mating thing...
Yes,
I've already posted a picture of fawn lilies, but at Farragut they're
bigger and the forest light made this one look special...
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