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First spread from my September trip to Stebbins. The beautiful colors of late summer/early fall: oranges, reds, browns, pinks, and a few dusty greens. #stebbinscoldcanyon #ucnaturalreserve #ecoreportage #firecycle #fireecology #fireecosystem #annashummingbird #californiafuschia #toyon #poisonoak #borderedplantbug #californiamaidenhairfern #spottedtowhee #californiabuckeye #pipestemclematis #westernfencelizard https://www.instagram.com/p/B5lmtVGgWA2/?igshid=yqx5pglni4wj

More pages from my hike with @pyrosketchology at Stebbins Cold Canyon in June. There are still plenty of wildflowers enjoying the open canopy, now four years after the fire. #stebbinscoldcanyon #ucnaturalreserve #ecoreportage #fireecology #fireecosystem #pacificsanicle #saniculacrassicaulis #redribbons #clarkiaconcinna #elegantclarkia #clarkiaunguiculata #imbricatephacelia #phaceliaimbricata #purplenightshade #solanumxanti #californiaspicebush #calycanthusoccidentalis https://www.instagram.com/p/B5Gi-aEg2c7/?igshid=16ly4n60qndyw

@pyrosketchology and I hiked in Stebbins Cold Canyon in June, talking about fire and nature journaling. These drawings were done after the fact based on my notes and photos. #firecycle #fireecology #fireecosystem #ecoreportage #stebbinscoldcanyon #ucnaturalreserve #soapplant #chlorogalumpomeridianum #fourspotclarkia #clarkiapurpurea #californiapitchersage #lepechiniacalycina #bushmonkeyflower #diplacusaurantiacus #ladybug #coccinellidae #poisonoak #toxicodendrondiversilobum https://www.instagram.com/p/B5ElodFgcjq/?igshid=kkj02vbuj2c2

It always took me a moment after a large shape whizzed past my head to figure out whether it was a hummingbird or a grasshopper. The sound generally gave the grasshoppers away. #annashummingbird #interiorliveoak #californiawildgrape #yerbasanta #californiaquail #mountainmahogany #grayhairstreak #slenderclover #californiatowhee #stebbinscoldcanyon #ucnaturalreserve #ecoreportage #firecycle #fireecosystem https://www.instagram.com/p/B5ovSyogZGM/?igshid=heomlwvyxug2

Looking at the Stebbins landscape this September - a hillside of gray pines, dead and possibly still dying; the dry creekbed and up the slope. Beauty everywhere at the end of the summer. The dying gray pines are a natural part of the chaparral fire cycle - they are killed off in fires but readily recolonize in periods between fires. #stebbinscoldcanyon #ucnaturalreserve #ecoreportage #firecycle #fireecology #fireecosystem #graypine #pinussabiniana #grayhairstreak #strymonmelinus https://www.instagram.com/p/B5qk5D5AVEJ/?igshid=1m9r88ven7ibq

I’m catching up on blog posts for Wildfire to Wildflowers (coldcanyonfirerecovery.com). This is my biannual painting of the trailhead at Hwy 128 from last April. #stebbinscoldcanyon #ucnaturalreserve #fireecology #ecoreportage #firecycle https://www.instagram.com/p/B3NYjMIARmM/?igshid=1pv06risjbxj7

Final set of sketchbook pages from my April visit to Stebbins Cold Canyon. #fireecology #firerecovery #ecoreportage #stebbinscoldcanyon #ucnaturalreserve #fernaldsiris #irisfernaldii #buckeyebutterfly #junoniacoenia #sunkendisklichen #aspicilia #caloplaca #firedotlichen #pacificdustlichen #leprariapacifica #cicada #platypedia #calystegiaoccidentalis #naturesketching https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx0sBPIl6FX/?igshid=ffq56be6wz02

Sketchbook pages from my visit to Stebbins last week. I was capturing the usual field notes and making final decisions about where to stop for the exercises in the field sketching workshop I lead last weekend. So beautiful out there! #stebbinscoldcanyon #ucnaturalreserve #firerecovery #fireecology #firecycle #ecoreportage #miniaturelupine #lupinusbicolor #fiddleneck #amsinckiamenziesii #bluedicks #dichelostemmacapitatum #westernredbud #cercisoccidentalis #blueelderberry #sambucusmexicana #yarrow #achilleamillefolium #hendersonsshootingstar #dodecatheonhendersonii #purplenightshade #solanumxanti #houndstongue #cynoglossumgrande https://www.instagram.com/p/BvhPmlYgJhO/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ilwt2sfiv1f2