Last Saturday I stopped by the slime mold Rowan found a couple of weeks ago. The photo at the top of this entry shows what remains. I touched it lightly and saw spores come off. I did not stop by between then and now, so I am uncertain what, if any, intermediate stages occured.

The other day when I was photographing mosses, I also observed a slime mold. This one looked a fair bit different than the other one, so it will be interesting to see what happens to it over the next few days/weeks.

Weather: Overcast throughout the day with periods of rain. Not much wind to speak of around the neighborhood.

Birds: I saw a family of chickadees out foraging in the large black cottonwood trees in the Lincoln Street greenbelt across from Pacific High School, this evening. They were up fairly high, so I did not get a very good look at them.

Weather: It has been overcast with some rain over the last couple of days. There has been a little breeze, but not much. Each day has seen a brief period of sun, usually in the evening.

Birds: Hermit and Swainson’s Thrushes are still singing frequently. I hear American Robins and Winter Wrens as well. I have been regularly hearing starlings, probably a family, in the area of the house, though I have not seen them. I also saw a flock of maybe 10-20 starlings feeding on the beach at Totem Park. Along Westwood Trail there was a family of Winter Wrens. The young were flying pretty good, so I figure they had been out of the nest for a little while.

Flora: On a walk to the park with the kids on Saturday, it appeared that single delight was near its blooming peak, beach greens were probably just past their peak, silverweed was blooming, beach milkwort was near its peak, the fringe cup near the beach was blooming, trailing black currants had green berries, crabapple trees appeared to be near their blooming peak, as were western Mt. Ash. Purple sweet-cicely is well on its way to producing seeds, I saw some green salmonberries, but also some salmonberry blooms.

It was a day of getting ready for Melissa to come home, so I didn’t spend much time outside.

Weather: Overcast through most of the day, cloud levels varied but were generally below 2000 feet or so. Mostly cloudy this evening, with the sun peaking through for a time. There was a pretty good breeze that seemed to be out of the east, this evening.

Birds: There was a flock of 25 geese flying over campus around noon. Perhaps it was the same flock as I saw a couple of days ago.

Flora: The crabapple trees seem to be in full bloom.