Continuing on, this Tamarisk is always the first to bloom. This was started from a cutting taken from a Tamarisk in front of the onion processing plant out on I-80, east of Reno.
One of my Blue Elderberry starts. We'll see how well that works out.
A few of these have been hanging around lately. African Ring Necked Dove?
These are fairly large birds.
This guy just might bloom this year.
Blooms on the crab started from a whip. This would be the second year and it is doing fine, believe it or not.
Blooms on my $9.00 special. Hasn't grown much but it is hanging in there.
Still got a ways to go. It has been quite cool.
This I believe is a Western Kingbird. You see them during spring.
Three or four red ant mounds came to life.....
but only for a short while. Diazinon is a wonderful invention.
This is experimental. My aim is to be the only person in the Carson Valley with a spiral-trunked crab apple tree .
May is a good time to take a short hike by Washoe Lake. Wild flowers are in bloom.
It is a relatively short hike up to the gazebo.
This is only the second time I have seen one of these. The first is in the back yard. From what I remember, all parts of this plant are poisonous. I transplanted the one in the yard over to the wild flower patch. The bulb was around 15" down in the ground.
This is the first time I have ever seen one of these flower.
Another Kingbird to the North.
A forest creature
Another forest creature.
Mountain Snow - Usually seen in May
More Mountain Snow.
Cliff Swallow nest
It's a rough life being a dog, isn't it.
