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Irvine Regional Park with family
March 4, 2007

My wife, daughter, and mother-in-law ride past wood ducks, mallards, and coots on a 3-wheeled paddle bike at Irvine Regional Park.

Native wildflowers in my own yard!
March 4, 2007

Creek Monkeyflower (Mimulus guttatus), Hummingbird Sage (Salvia spathacea), and Fiddleneck (Amsinckia sp.) are blooming in my yard. Attention local wildlife, backyard habitat awaits you!

Ibis found in Santiago Park in Santa Ana! (rare sight for inland area)
March 4, 2007

An Ibis (most likely white-faced species) was spotted by Katie Dana, Park Naturalist, in Santiago Creek at the Santiago Park Nature Reserve in Santa Ana. Patrick Mitchell, head Park Naturalist, said he has never seen an Ibis in the park in the seven years that he has worked there. Definitely a rare sighting.

More native wildflowers in my yard!
March 6, 2007

Blue-eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium bellum), Chia Sage (Salvia columbariae), and Parry's Phacelia (Phacelia parryi).

Lounge lizard and manroot
March 7, 2007

Habitat continues to flourish in my yard. A large Western Fence Lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis) lays on a ledge. A new Wild Cucumber (Marah macrocarpus), also known as Manroot, peeks out from a blackberry thicket.

Leafing out
March 12, 2007

Desert Wild Grape (Vitis girdiana), Calabazilla (Cucurbita foetidissima), and CA Poppy (Eschscholzia californica) show new growth in my yard.

New flower!
March 12, 2007

Dainty Goldfields (Lasthenia californica) started blooming around the mailbox.

Another flower and new seedlings.
March 18, 2007

Blackberry (Rubus ursinus), Black Sage (Salvia mellifera), and Whipple's Yucca (Yucca whipplei) in my yard.

Lilac time!
March 30, 2007

Lilac (Ceanothus tomentosus) in my yard.

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