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I went out Friday and Saturday (1/31/14, 2/1/14) to Tilden Park. The fist iconic taxa, one that is everywhere, that I recorded is an example of a plant. I chose to record one that seemed out of place, there were a few cherry trees blooming along the trail.
On one of the cherries I photographed a honey bee as an example of an insect. I found another insect behind the bark of a rotting log, there was a colony of ants.

The most exciting thing that I found was the California newt. It was crossing the trail on Saturday. Newts are amphibians in the salamander family.

I went out Friday and Saturday (1/31/14, 2/1/14) to Tilden Park. The fist iconic taxa, one that is everywhere, that I recorded is an example of a plant. I chose to record one that seemed out of place, there were a few cherry trees blooming along the trail.
On one of the cherries I photographed a honey bee as an example of an insect. I found another insect behind the bark of a rotting log, there was a colony of ants.

The most exciting thing that I found was the California newt. It was crossing the trail on Saturday. Newts are amphibians in the salamander family.

Starting with the trees, the buckeye clearly hasn't been in leaf for very long with the new leaves not to their full size yet. This is good phenologic data in that the leaves are likely only a few days old. The willow is a good data point for both flower and leafs. The flowers are out but the leave buds have not yet opened.

Not knowing anything about the timing of fumitory I don't know if it is unusual for it to be flowering now. Sweet fennel I know flowers later in the year and wouldn't expect to see it flowering now.

What I am guessing is a walnut tree was the only species that I saw that was truly dormant, with no leaves or flowers. Another tree of the same type was nearby so I can also conclude that is wasn't dead.