Shell Creek Wildflowers
There’s a street famous in these parts for its bounty of wildflowers. Shell Creek Road is off Highway 58 between Paso Robles and Carrizo Plain National Monument.
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This spring was the first I had noticed some unusual hummingbirds at my yard feeders.
Unlike the mostly iridescent green-backed Anna’s hummers that are year-round residents, these sported a lot of rusty coloration.
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During this time of quarantine, it’s nice to go on a “road trip” to the place you live.
Especially since we are told not to venture too far from home anyway. Since I live in wine country, my housemate and I explored the countryside in its Spring finery.
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Pronghorn females
I have visited Carrizo Plain National Monument about a dozen times and this is the first time I saw pronghorns. I guess it helped that it was not a people-frenzied super bloom year, as last year was, and it was also in the midst of the Safe-at-Home era of the COVID-19 pandemic, so running across them was more likely.
Two pronghorn does
