Return to Expedition 2000 home pageCody Massing
May 13, 2000
11:30AM
90 miles
Location: (UTM) 11T0286204/5190591, 500ft.
Temperature and Weather:
84 degrees, sunny and a little hazy
Habitat: We are surrounded by willow trees in an area full of small ponds and wetlands and cattails. The trail is bordered by short sage-looking shrubs with needle leaves. These have no odor. I have seen a lot of small white daisies which look mostly like plairs daisies. The light purple daisies that I thought were rough daisies I now think may be cushion daisy, which can come in white and light to dark purple. Short reddish grass, as usual.
Two mule deer spotted. In half-dried ponds, there were many birds that I first thought were dippers. They
have white bodies, light brown heads, and a black-tipped wings. Their bodies are about the size of
slender ducks with long skinny legs and thin
peaked beaks. They make a high-pitched short peeping
noise repeatedly. I have no idea what they are.
3:05PM
95 miles
1/2 mile east of Beverly
Location: 11T0277594/5191075
Temperature and Weather: 85 degrees, muggy and hazy; slightly cloudy
Habitat: A couple kinds of sagebrush; tumble mustard (small yellow flower, stingy green branches), some purple sage, lots of little daisies: white-, bright yellow linear leaf, light purple. Out of the willow trees and mosquitos now, lots of ticks. Some small lupin growing close to the ground - first I've seen of this kind. Short grass, rocky outcroppings. Saw some very tall grass for the first time - over 6 feet with thick orange flowers.
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