Wildflowers for the Year

Wildflowers that I have seen blooming so far this year are: Salmonberry (Middle April or earlier) Blueberries (Late March) Huckleberries (Middle April) Trailing Currants (Middle or Late April) Dandelion Siberian Miner’s lettuce (First Week May) Fern-leaf Goldthread (Middle April) Three-leaf Goldthread (First Week May) Alpine Azalea (First Week May) Bog Rosemary (First Week May) Draba … Read more

Spring Birds

There had quite a few fox, song, and golden crowned sparrows hanging around our feeders for the last few weeks. They all seem to have disappeared the last couple of days. Perhaps they continued on a migration north. I think I heard a hermit thrush this morning, it would be the first one this year. … Read more