Kern River Valley, California

views from the top

Mountain Mesa to South Fork Valley from Cook Peak - 6 November 2003 - Kern Plateau and Chimney Peak in background

South Fork Wildlife area - Isabella Reservoir's Kissack Cove at Mountain Mesa - Kern Plateau in the background

Auxiliary dam area - Isabella Reservoir - to Paradise Cove. Water on upper right north fork Kern and Kernville

Auxiliary and main dam area - Isabella Reservoir - Greenhorn Mountains in the background

Monolith of meta-sedimentary rock on Cook Peak above Mountain Mesa

Single needle pinyon pine cone

Cook Peak

Merriam's Chipmunk - Kern River

The Piute Mountains from Cook Peak

Cook Peak lichen

Storms a brewin' - Sun's a settin'

   
     
     
     

February Wildflowers - Early March Wildflowers - Late March Wildflowers - Early April Wildflowers - Late April Wildflowers - Early May Wildflowers - Late May Wildflowers - Early June Wildflowers - Late June Wildflowers - Early July Wildflowers- Late July Wildflowers - August Wildflowers - September Wildflowers - Latest Wildflowers

Summer 2003 Thunderstorms - Piute Mountains - Stony Meadow - Brush Creek Overlook - Mushrooms

Kern County Spring Landscapes - Kern, Inyo, and Tulare Wildflower Reports: 2003 Season Wildflower Reports  

Frontispiece:

California Ground Squirrel at Lake Ming - November 2003.

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