Monday: three deer, two separate bears sprinting out of the road.
Tuesday: five turtles! six deer, one snake
Wednesday: I stopped counting deer after seven. five turtles- three tiny ones! Swarming honeybees almost flew through our crummy. A mother bear and a nugget of a baby bear fled our approach. Coyoté off the side of the road. I accidentally cornered a mother quail, a father quail, and about half a dozen popcorn quail going back into the office. Mama booked it on foot, leaving her offspring to their fates. Babies hid so well that I thought they'd gotten into the office. Daddy hunched down, puffed himself up, and started advancing on me. I went around another door and started looking under desks for popcorns, and worked my way back to the door where they were encamped. There I beheld a bold rescue mission- Papa peeped encouragingly until a baby would emerge, and then escorted him past the door itself. Baby would then sprint to Mama, who would store him in the shrubbery. I startled them again- and Daddy decided that since I fled the first time he threatened me, he could try again. That is one awesome bird.
Thursday: We were in snake central, and actually had a bet going about how many confirmed snake sightings there would be. However, our most impressive wildlife was a multitude of caddis fly larvae. That means the low bidder wins, yay me.
Oh, and to dismiss the charges of animism, I saw Phacelia corymbosa, Senicio greenii, Minutaria rosei, Ericameria ophiditus, Cypripedium montanum (new site) Eriogonum libetini, three possible extensions of Erythronium citrinum var. roderickii, Lewisia cantelovii, and Sedum paridesium. Let me include a link: http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/shastatrinity/about/st-main/plants/index.shtml.
Maybe I should put out some seeds for the quail.
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