Henry Coe State Park, 4/29//12

Hunting Hollow Entrance.  8.6 miles; Hunting Hollow Road, Phegley Ridge Trail, Phegley Ridge Road, Wagon Road, Hunting Hollow Road.

butter-and-eggs

Redfern Pond

Male Red-winged Blackbird

rattlesnake in the middle of the trail

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Salt Point State Park, 4/21/12 - 4/22/12

4/21/12; Woodside Parking Lot. 4.5 mile loop; Central Trail, Huckleberry Trail, North Trail (through Pygmy Forest), Central Trail.

Hygrocybe psittacina, aka Parrot Toadstool or Parrot Waxcap

Same Parrot Waxcap as above

Parrot Waxcap

4/21/12; Gerstle Cove Parking Lot. 2.9 partial out-and-back along Salt Point Trail.

White-crowned sparrow

4/22/12; Kruse Rhododendron State Natural Reserve. 2.2 mile loop;  Chinese Gulch Trail, Phillips Gulch Trail.

yellow and crimson spotted coralroot

crimson spotted coralroot in bloom

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Cataract Falls, 4/15/12

8.2 mile loop; Rock Spring Parking area, Benstein Trail, Kent Trail, Helen Markt Trail, Cataract Trail.



Calypso Orchid

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North Table Mountain Ecological Reserve, 4/7/12

5.2 mile walkabout to Ravine Falls and Phantom Falls.




Phantom Falls


Ravine Falls






Pacific Tree Frog

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