June 2007

South Fork

Butterfly Count

A springtime butterfly count in the South Fork Valley. Held each year in April or early June. 

Kern - Inyo - Tulare Wildflower Reports:

2007 WILDFLOWERS

February Wildflowers

March Wildflowers

April Wildflowers

May Wildflowers

June Wildflowers

July Wildflowers

Plants

Trees of Kern County

Ferns of Kern County  

Flora of the Kern River Preserve

Habitats

Chaparral

Great Basin Desert  

Valley Grassland

Mojave Desert

Sierran Forest

WILDFLOWER HOTLINES

Carrizo Plain - Goodwin Education Center

Desert Wildflower Watch

Red Rock Canyon State Park

Death Valley National Park Wildflowers

Antelope Valley Poppy Preserve  Wildflower Hotline (661) 724-1180

Gorman/Tejon Pass
Hungry Valley Ranger Station (661) 248-7007

Fort Tejon Ranger Station (661) 248-6692

Kern County Wildflower Hotline (800) 500-KERN (starting end of March/early April)

Carol Leigh's California Wildflower Hotsheet

Theodore Payne Foundation Wildflower Hotline

PLACES TO VISIT

Southern California Wildflower sites

Identifying California Wildflowers

CalFlora - $10 per year

CalPhotos Plants

California Academy of Science Wildflower Online Encyclopedia

Death Valley Plants

Photographs of Chaparral, Desert, and Mountain Wildflowers

The Jepson Manual Higher Plants of California

Almaden Wildflowers

SIMPLE CHECKLISTS

Kern Butterflies

Tulare Butterflies

Kern Dragonflies

Kern Fish

Kern Amphibians

Kern Reptiles

Kern Birds

Kern Mammals

Exotic Animals

Exotic Plants

Sensitive Species

All photos by Alison Sheehey ©  Nature Ali    All rights reserved. 

AREA SPECIFIC BIRD LISTS

Birds of Buena Vista Area   

Birds of the Kern River Parkway

Birds of Hart Park

Birds Of Pin Oak Park

Birds of the Kern National Wildlife Refuge

Birds of Pixley National Wildlife Refuge

Mammals of the Pixley National Wildlife Refuge

Mammals of the Kern National Wildlife Refuge

ILLUSTRATED CHECKLISTS

Kern Butterflies

Kern Dragonflies

Kern Fish

Kern River Valley Amphibians

Kern Reptiles and Amphibians

KRP Amphibians & Reptiles

Kern Birds

Kern Mammals

Kern River Watershed Rodents

Ferns of Kern

Kern Trees

WILDLIFE

Western Tiger Swallowtail
Checkered White
Cabbage White
Orange Sulphur
Great Copper
Sylvan Hairstreak
Hedgerow Hairstreak
Western Pygmy-Blue
Marine Blue
Ceraunus Blue
San Emigdio Blue
Acmon Blue
Common Buckeye
Lorquin's Admiral
Monarch
Northern White Skipper
Alkali Skipper
Western Branded Skipper
Sandhill Skipper
Rural Skipper

Orange Sulphur

Onyx

3 Jun 07

Orange Sulphur

Onyx

3 Jun 07

Becker's White

Palmer Field, KRP

3 Jun 07

Sylvan Hairstreak

Rocky Point

3 Jun 07

Pygmy Blue

Kern River Preserve

3 Jun 07

San Emigdio Blue

Kern River Preserve

3 Jun 07

San Emigdio Blue

Onyx

3 Jun 07

San Emigdio Blue

Onyx

3 Jun 07

Lorquin's Admiral

Rocky Point

3 Jun 07

Sandhill Skipper

Onyx

3 Jun 07

Sandhill Skipper

Onyx

3 Jun 07

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