At the homestead the daffodils and lilacs have faded but the wysteria is still going strong and the rhoddies are just really beginning. Here is one of the first plants to go into full bloom with a second pink one starting up behind.
We took a hike to Abbotts Lagoon and saw Eared Grebes looking quite spectacular. The next day we went up from the Bear Valley Trail to Mt Wittenberg. All the new green vegetation is quite gorgeous. We saw some Axis Deer right at the top and on the way down these Turkey Vultures sunning (or cooling) perched with wings spread in the pines along the meadow on the Meadow Trail which we took back down. My camera doesn't really zoom much so you'll probably have to squint a bit.
Here's a photo of the Grebe (stolen off the internet, alas) that is almost precisely what we observed.
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