The first Saturday in May was a perfect spring morning for our hike on the Madrone Canyon Trail. Four cheery hikers showed up.
Speaking of cheery, before our hike, our group was greeted in the parking lot by a Mockingbird melodiously singing from a treetop and exuberantly fluttering into the air, attracting attention to himself.
Some plants had buds about to open.
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| Twisted-leaf yucca (Yucca rupicola) |
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| Devil's shoestring (Nolina lindheimeriana) |
We found two different species of primrose blooming.
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| Square-bud primrose (Calylophus berlandieri) |
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| Taking a closer look at Missouri primrose going to seed |
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| Seed pods of Missouri primrose (Oenothera macrocarpa) |
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Lindheimer's silktassel (Garrya ovata ssp. lindheimeri)
were also setting fruit. |
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| Engelmann's sage (Salvia engelmannii) |
We saw many white flowering plants in the canyon, like these:
Barbara's buttons (Marshallia caepitosa)
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| White milkwort (Polygala alba) |
and more wildlife...
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| Texas spiny lizard (Sceloporus olivaceus) |
