A yellow billed magpie is seen, a member of the crow family. Eucalyptus, imported from Australia, is along the road. Near Oroville and the Feather River we see bush lupines. At a stop off Table Mountain Blvd., we walk to identify the plants. We also see a pipe vine swallow tail butterfly and a rufus-sided tohee.
Lupines have a small purple flower and are a member of the pea family.
There are over 100 species in California. Live oaks, Quercus wislizenii, holds old leaves year round and now has new leaves also. Blue oaks, Q. douglasii, has glossy green leaves with deep lobes. The male flowers are dangling catkins and the female flowers are tiny. Up on Table Mountain we see lots of yellow goldfield, Lasthenia californica.