Exploring Wild California

From the deep wilds of California's parks to the glimpse of a bluebird over a backyard fence, from the geologic bones of the mountains to the tiny spring wildflower in an empty lot -- California's natural worlds are everywhere, and endlessly fascinating.

Thursday, May 8, 2014

Spring buttercups near Willits


Sometimes in the spring, the fields transform to masses of brilliant gold due to all the buttercups in bloom. This usually happens on pastureland, because buttercups are poisonous and the animals won't eat them - so as the competition gets devoured, the buttercups take over.
Posted by KLK at 1:00 AM

No comments:

Post a Comment

Newer Post Older Post Home
View mobile version
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Blog Archive

  • ▼  2014 (206)
    • ►  October (25)
    • ►  September (24)
    • ►  August (31)
    • ►  July (22)
    • ►  June (31)
    • ▼  May (31)
      • Male Oriole in an oak tree
      • Sunset over Ukiah
      • Raven calling
      • Blue sky, blue lupines
      • Mule's Ears in flower
      • Black Phoebe Nest
      • Duckling time
      • California Poppies
      • Water Strider Shadows
      • Ukiah Valley seen from Cow Mountain
      • Blue Flowering Ceanothus
      • Blue-eyed grass
      • Elderflowers
      • Silene Hookeri flowers
      • Pink Rhododendrons
      • Wild Blue Lupines
      • Western Skunk Cabbage in bloom
      • Green aphid
      • Blue Damselfly
      • Treefrog
      • Buckeye Blossoms
      • Bobcats on the prowl
      • Downingia on South Cow Mountain
      • Spring buttercups near Willits
      • Wild ceanothus
      • Purple Finch eating oat seeds
      • Anna's Hummingbird
      • Western Fence Lizard
      • Ground squirrel sunning itself
      • Jackrabbit grooming near Lake Mendocino
      • Fawn hiding in the blackberries
    • ►  April (30)
    • ►  March (12)

Buy prints!

Interested in helping to support this blog? You can buy prints of my photos here.
Watermark theme. Powered by Blogger.