Pictures from Yesterday

[summer_jackel]

Yesterday, it was warm and lovely on the ridge, which is in full spring mode. It was gorgeous, and just windy enough to make sheltie fluff look elegant and windswept...



More glamsheltie shots under the cut, as well as wildlife and wildflowers.



Coba has coat.


Here's his headshot.


Sometimes you take the picture at _just_ the right moment


Spring on the ridge


This may be an Old-World Swallowtail; http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species?l=1361 If anybody has opinions on the ID, please discuss.


Pacific giant salamander (a younger one)


A low-flying vulture








Tiny wolf spiders that scurry everywhere in the grass. Crossing the puddles in the trail slowed them down enough to get a photo


Female with egg sac






The find of the day...a wood scorpion! (Uroctonus mordax, which is a great binomial for a scorpion. It's totally harmless to humans, though). The photo does not do justice to the metallic blue sheen to her front parts. I don't find these guys very often, and it's always a treat.

Comments

[kynekh-amagire.livejournal.com]

They reach a total length of three to five inches, and can be identified primarily by the structure of the tail, and how it is narrower at the base. This salamander is the only type that has this tail structure and five toes on the back feet.

Oh hey, good call there! There were two of them, lurking under adjacent sticks. It's always nice when there are more salamanders around than you'd think.

[summer-jackel.livejournal.com]

Oh, nice! I think you're right.