Saturday Stroll

 

On Saturday we went for a walk at the Anstine-Audubon Society Nature Preserve. We had hoped to see lots of birds, but no luck (we heard quite a few). It was, however, nice and green and the wildflowers were blooming.

This is the only bird we really saw up close: a white-crowned sparrow, rooting around under a bird feeder. 

The California poppies are in bloom.

Check out the size of this beetle! (I did NOT step on it--shoe is for size comparison.) It was a very busy bug.

Wild cucumber! (Despite its name, it is not really edible--apparently it has a very bitter taste.)

A cattail that has burst open, creating windborne seeds/fibers that are quintessential foziewisps!

Toyon berries: birds generally feast on these, but there were none to be seen.