Cut Leaf Silver Puffs

Buds on almost all the plants. 

Lots of buds by triangle. 

 

Buds on the Orchids - Piperia Elegans, elegant piperia

Bud just emerging.

Next stage.

A little taller.

More detail. 

Platanthera elegans is a species of orchid known by several common names, including elegant piperia, coast piperia, hillside rein orchid, and hillside bogorchid. This is a showy flowering plant native to western North America. It grows from a caudex tuber and sends up a thick stem just under a meter in maximum height. The stem is topped with a cylindrical spike inflorescence of densely packed flowers with curving white to greenish-yellow petals.

More pictures.

Cedar Waxwing Birds

 
When they flew off there were 6.

Cedar Waxwing feathers collected in the Preserve.

Foxgloves on Powerline Trail

Cheryl mentioned foxgloves at garden club. 

Posted this on Garden FB. 

 

Hyacinth Cluster Lily

There are none in the Preserve yet. Maybe too early.

This tiny one is in the wire mesh on hill by Schmitz. 

I found a few very weak looking ones along the trail 5/25/26.

 

Death Camas

Found 3 plants at top of hill trail on left near the top.

Close-up.

Third one farther to the right on left side. 

Green arrow.

 

Two more little ones across from bench on cross trail. 

Filling out a couple of days later.

Violet

This is the plant in the middle of the trail to Marvin. 

Looks like a violet leaf.

 

Orchids

Sticks on top of orchids to protect them - Rob

Looks like a bud on one in front edge of area. 

Bedstraw?

Same as last year. 

Galium triflorum (also known as cudweed, sweet-scented bedstraw, and fragrant bedstraw) is a herbaceous plant of the family Rubiaceae. Native to WA.

Leaves are sticky.

Sticky weed is also called bedstraw. 

Western Trumpet Honeysuckle in Preserve

At the corner looking up.

First on right.

Second straight in. 

On footpath between stairs and trail by Pickleball.

By bench near stairs.

Original, vine is very high. 

New Fawns

Picture from FB - Rod Kedenburg

These were at the top of the dead end trail.

Looks like a yearling there as well.

From Pam Kedenburg.

I saw a fawn in this same area today.

Another doe keeping a close eye on me.

Star-flowered Lily-of-the-valley

These are on the east trail at the top.

Maianthemum stellatum (star-flowered, starry, or little false Solomon's seal, or simply false Solomon's seal; star-flowered lily-of-the-valley[3] or starry false lily of the valley; syn. Smilacina stellata) is a species of flowering plant, native across North America. 

There are many on the right side at the bottom of East trail.

Honeysuckle on East Trail

Many clusters of orange blossoms open.

These are going up the guy wire.

These are a little way past into the woods.

Lots of blossoms 5/15/26

Picked a few. 

Eagle

Saw this eagle land in the retention pond. 

Only on the grass a minute but fun to see.