What We Saw at Chimney Rock

Here's Wendy's list of the plants, birds and critters that we saw on our Chimney Rock outing:

FLOWERS

RED Franciscan paintbrush, sheep sorrel (non-native, edible leaves)

YELLOW WIGHT’S PAINTBRUSH, buttercups, suncups, footsteps-of-spring, GOLDFIELDS, TIDY TIPS, narrow-leaf mule-ears, SEEP-SPRING MONKEYFLOWER, YELLOW BUSH LUPINE

BLUE FLAX (non-native), CREEPING BLUE BLOSSOM (Ceanothus)

PURPLE SEASIDE DAISY, lupine, CALIFORNIA PHACELIA (caterpillar-like coils of flowers), Douglas iris, blue-eyed grass, COASTAL PRAIRIE LARKSPUR, BLUE VIOLET (even though it’s purple!)

PINK Hottentot fig (aka ice plant, non-native), checkerbloom (aka checkermallow), ROCK CRESS (List 4, plants of limited distribution), COW CLOVER, hedge nettle, SEA THRIFT

WHITE Cow parsnip, CELERY LEAFED LOVAGE, yarrow, COASTAL WALLFLOWER, SPRING SNOW (aka field chickweed), COASTAL MOURNING GLORY, manroot, BEACH STRAWBERRY

ORANGE California poppies (more yellow than orange at the coast)

NOT IN BLOOM

SEA LETTUCE (succulent)

BIRDS

SURF SCOTERS (sea ducks), COMMON LOON, white-crowned sparrows, ravens, PIGEON GUILLOMOTS, Western grebes

MAMMALS

ELEPHANT SEALS, HARBOR SEAL, AXIS DEER (non-native), gopher

Tadpoles by life-saving station

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