Observaciones de natomapaul

Found nectaring on fiddleneck trail side at Mississippi Bar.

Found nectaring on vetch trail side at Mississippi Bar.

NorCal subspecies incognitus
Nectaring on Italian thistle at Mississippi Bar.

First of the spring flight at Mississippi Bar.

Necarting on Italian thistle in small meadow off the Pioneer Express trail. First sighting this season at Mississippi Bar.

Series of images are of perennial
Heart-leaf Milkweed sprouts that were planted from seeds back in Dec. 2019. They have successfully re-sprouted near the "old grove" at Mississippi Bar.

Found growing just off the Pioneer Express trail at MIssissippi Bar a perennial that will be seen in this area, what is known as the "old grove" Heart-leaf Milkweed. 30 plants counted in this area.

NorCal subspecies incognitus
Nectaring on Italian Thistle (Carduus pycnocephalus) on the gravel portion of Main Ave before Lake Natoma.

NorCal subspecies incognitus
Open field area of MIssissippi Bar,nectaring on Winter Vetch.

Crater Pond,Mississippi Bar.

Crater Pond,Mississippi Bar.

At Crater Pond,MIssissippi Bar.

Nectaring on low growing fiddleneck blooms along the "parallel trail" near the American River Bike trail at Mississippi Bar.

From the Parallel trail east a Mule Deer caught my attention,at Mississippi Bar.

Seen nectaring on Winter Vetch near the Parallel trail just east of the connector bike trail.

While walking to Mississippi Bar,came across a California Pipevine Swallowtail nectarting Winter Vetch blooms along the side of Main Ave.

Seen nectaring on Rusty Popcornflower at an overlook of Lake Natoma,at Mississippi Bar.

At an overlook of Lake Natoma,at
Mississippi Bar.

Mating pair seen at Mississippi Bar,along Lake Natoma.

A few males hill topping at an overlook area of Lake Natoma along the Rollingwood Bluffs. This one stopped to nectar on Fiddleneck.

Overlooking Lake Natoma on
hillside at Rollingwood Bluffs.

Overlooking Lake Natoma on hillside near Rollingwood Bluffs.