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First photos of Socal's cr@ppy wildflower season

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Posted by Timothy Swope on March 26, 2006 at 11:33 AM
First photos of Socal's cr@ppy wildflower season
Junk
Posted by Timothy Swope on March 26, 2006 at 11:34 AM
Rubbish
Posted by Timothy Swope on March 26, 2006 at 11:35 AM
Nothing to see here.... :biggrin:
Posted by Christian Kiely on March 26, 2006 at 3:05 PM
Where is this Tim?

www.theodorepayne.org stated that Antelope Valley is off to a reasonable start.
Posted by Timothy Swope on March 26, 2006 at 7:08 PM
North side of Antelope Valley, quite nice and similar to 2003 (in terms of where that year had its first blooms with a slightly different mix of blooms).
Posted by Richard Wong on March 26, 2006 at 7:36 PM
Thanks for posting Tim. I'm going there in the next day or so then.
Posted by Richard Wong on March 26, 2006 at 7:37 PM
Thanks for posting Tim. I'm going there in the next day or so then.
Posted by Youssef Ismail on March 26, 2006 at 9:40 PM
Tim,

When did you take this?? All other reports I find say its not a good year
Posted by Timothy Swope on March 26, 2006 at 11:31 PM
Photos from yesterday. Very nice on the north side of the Valley. Sent you an email, too.
Posted by Christian Kiely on March 27, 2006 at 12:48 AM
Theodore Payne Wildflower Report 24-MAR

The season is finally getting underway at the Antelope Valley Poppy Preserve. We doubt we’ll see vast carpets of poppies this year due to lack of rain, but there’s still a lot of color to be found. In addition to the golden poppies (Eschscholzia californica) in bloom, some lupine are in flower and goldfields have begun to carpet the hillsides. Thanks to the recent rains the poppies are enjoying a second germination, so the show will be much better in two to three weeks.