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| Carrizo Plain Wildflowers Peak bloom on March 26, 2005 |
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| Field of poppies, lupin, goldfields and owl's clover -- a California classic. Acres (at left and below) of an aster, probably common monolopia. |
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| Thistle sage (above) and desert larkspur (at right) were two of the bigger wildflowers. |
| Carrizo is mostly famous for its wildlife though we were blinded by flowers and saw little. A raptor's nest in an old windmill hinted at what's here but there are also elk and pronghorn antelope, among others. |