Trip Report: Monarch Tagging

Aug 14, 2018

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At Eagle Creek, California, Memorial Day Weekend

I’m sure most people looked at this trip listing and thought to themselves, Holey Moley, that’s too much driving! I looked at it and said to myself, Holey Moley sign me up!!! Yes it’s a whole lot of driving, 10 hours each way from Olympia, but so worth it.

Cedar Hairstreaks were numerous, here on *Allium amplectans*. (R. Johnson)

This trip was so much fun! The biodiversity in the Trinity Alps is unbelievable, and my campground was nearly empty. There are so many different kinds of trees there, and wildflowers, and butterflies! Lizards with bright blue heads! Yellow mushrooms! Bizarre Pitcher plants! The psychedelically-colored California Sisters were everywhere. And I got to spend a couple of days with the James family—always a treat. 35 species of butterflies for the weekend.

California Tortoiseshell defoliating Ceanothus. We saw them again as adults at White Salmon. (R. Johnson)

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Regina Johnson

WBA Board Member, Editor of the G’num Newsleter & Moderator for WBA iNat Professional ecologist and horticulturalist

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