Not exactly sure who dug this burrow but one (or more?) badgers have been observed with local home security cameras on multiple occasions in the immediate area.
Yellow and purple variations
Found among a blackberry grove, there are 3 of this flowering plant. Some flowers are dying while others are Blooming each flower is about 2cm wide. The plant alon with flower has bean shaped pods on its branches the pods have three or four different beans and each pod like structure is about 5 cm. All along this BlackBerry Grove this plant is on the edge of the path
Day 5 of one of the greatest vacations ever! Full journal of nature adventures here: http://www.inaturalist.org/journal/sambiology/9891-vacation-in-california-news-flash-i-like-california
Using the great existing observations from the San Francisco Bay area and species guide to help with the ID's -- but please correct me if I've goofed. Almost ALL of these organisms were new for me!
Elizabeth went to the Quilted Angel in Petaluma, and I went to Steamer Landing Park.
This young radish plant is only about twenty cm high