Chocolate Lily Flower

First flower of 2026 - taken 4/10/26.

Selfie shot from under flower.

It is near fallen fir by chocolate lily corner. 

Finding Native Dogwoods

I walked up into Oak Springs, took this from bottom.

The lone dogwood survivor.

Between the display houses.

Between houses.

From the parking lot.

 

From below the field. 

Same tree from the Loop. 

All of these are from the Loop.

Some duplicates.

Honeysuckle in Preserve

I'm hoping this is a native.

Marked location.

Just past the bench by stairs. 

Ranunculus occidentalis - Native

Native buttercup.

Mixed in the these lomatium. 

Fawn Lilies on Power line trail and Preserve

Lots along this pipe but none in gravel. 

Found 2 near chocolate lily corner.

Dogwood Trees

Beautiful native dogwood in Oak Springs.

This was taken April 2023.

Walked up this hill behind the Acer houses.

Found several dogwoods in bloom.

This one is at the top behind Robin's house.

Our old trail into the forest. 

Coming back down. 

It was fantastic to find all these dogwoods and our old trail!

Holes in Big Maple at Gayle's

 

Nuthatches

two nuthatch holes

The top one watching this hole.

Today - 4/8/26 - the bird looked out of the hole and then flew up into the tree.

It scolded. 

Ninebark Shrub

Common ninebark bush has a few leaves.

Next to twinberry honeysuckle.

An excellent native shrub for year-round interest, the arching branches of Common Ninebark give this shrub a full, mounded shape. Five petaled flowers appear in dense, spirea-like clusters in spring, and give way to clusters of reddish-pink capsules. The clusters eventually turn brown and persist into the winter. The leaves are yellow in the fall. Named for its unusual bark which peels in strips to reveal several layers of reddish to light brown inner bark, Ninebark is a popular 'winter interest' shrub.