Yesterday, Herb and I again visited our Bluebird nest boxes on Goats Peak.This time we did not even see Bluebirds and there was no evidence that any of the three boxes had been occupied. However, a camera at one of them showed a visit by a Magpie.

As we were about to leave our vehicle on Gellatly Road, two Turkey Vultures flew overhead, the first that I have seen this spring, and in the long grass meadow near the road, we heard the song of a Western Meadowlark.

Further up, near the old burn where the grass is short, and continuing up into the timber, there were many Strawberry plants in bloom. 

Tiny plants of the Small-flowered blue-eyed Mary were abundant in the burn , as were two different kinds of Desert Parsley, one with white blossoms, the other yellow. The thick taproots of the several species of desert parsley in BC were used as food by the indigenous peoples.

Lemonweed, not a weed but a native plant--was found up in the burned area also; and the abundant red-blooming Paintbrush and tiny white blossoming Woodland Star.

This last plant  is an unknown. I would much appreciate your help in identifying it.