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3. We have yet to find a Turkey Vulture nest in this area but have often thought that the area around the overlook is a likely location for one.
4. Banana Yucca - Yucca baccata
often in bloom in April. Fendler’s Sundrops, Oenothera hartwegii fendlerii, pictured at the top of the following column were numerous on a walk on April 27.
6. In early April it is easy to find penstemon along the road and a variety of other species, like Puccoon, Lithospermum incisum, pictured in the bottom photo to the right.
Perhaps my favorite Paintbrush is Castilleja sessiliflora, Downy Paintbrush. It is along this route that I saw it for the first time and it is here that I see it in profusion every year. Zinnia acerosa, Desert Zinnia, is typically found early in the season and Baileya multiradiata dominates the landscape later. The Plains Zinnia, Zinnia grandiflora, can be found here on any walk in season.
This is a nice conditioning walk, just three miles round-trip, a bit of elevation gain/loss, good footing (most of the time), and beautiful scenery.