one of the best ways to get rid of cabin fever is to join us on a Nature Trip

After the wettest winter in
decades, the warm days of
spring are triggering one of the
most dramatic wildflower
spectacles in memory.
California poppies, baby blue
eyes, buttercups, Coastal
paintbrush and lupine are
bursting out all over the Golden
State. The songbirds are
singing in their colorful breeding
plumage and courtship displays
can be seen. After holing up
and hunkering down during the
winter and early spring storms,
the wildlife has emerged hungry
and is out making the most of
it...as we should be. One of the
best ways to get rid of that
"cabin fever" is to get out there
and join us on an upcoming
Nature Trip.

On recent outings to

the

coast we have

been

treated to the

sight of

thousands of

butterflies.

The

conditions have

been

ideal for some

species

but none have

been

more prolific this

season than the

Painted

Lady

Many

other species

butterfly have been

easy to spot as well

including the Western

Tiger Swallowtail

and

the

California Ringlet.

Just add water....

....California Poppies

can

be seen most

months of

the

year

someplace in

California but nothing

prepared us for the

abundance of this

brilliant

native that we

have

witnessed this

year.

And when they are

blended

in with a field

variable

lupine.....

ust magical.