May 2015: Californian Sierra Nevada Click on a thumbnail below to start the lightbox viewer Trail to Taft Point – Yosemite NP Taft Point – Yosemite NP Yellow-bellied marmot (Marmota flaviventris) – Yosemite NP Golden-mantled ground squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis) – Yosemite NP Golden-mantled ground squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis) – Yosemite NP Golden-mantled ground squirrel (Callospermophilus lateralis) – Yosemite NP Half Dome – Yosemite NP Bridalveil Fall – Yosemite NP Mirror Lake – Yosemite NP Yosemite NP Tuolumne Meadows – Yosemite NP Belding’s ground squirrel (Urocitellus beldingi) – Tuolumne Meadows – Yosemite NP Douglas squirrel (Tamiasciurus douglasii) – Yosemite NP Young Lakes trail – Yosemite NP Dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis) – Yosemite NP Mariposa Grove – Yosemite NP Fox sparrow (Passerella iliaca) – Mariposa Grove – Yosemite NP MacGillivray’s warbler (Geothlypis tolmiei) – Mariposa Grove – Yosemite NP Steller’s jay (Cyanocitta stelleri) – Mariposa Grove – Yosemite NP Sequoia National Park Sequoia National Park Dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis) – Sequoia National Park Yellow-bellied marmot (Marmota flaviventris) – Sequoia National Park American black bear (Ursus americanus) – Sequoia National Park Kings Canyon National Park Kings Canyon National Park Kings Canyon National Park Western Rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus) – Pinnacles National Park Pinnacles National Park Pinnacles National Park Black-necked stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) – Baylands Nature Preserve, Bay Area Snowy egret (Egretta thula) – Baylands Nature Preserve, Bay Area American cliff swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) – Baylands Nature Preserve, Bay Area American cliff swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) – Baylands Nature Preserve, Bay Area