06-09-12 Salamander Springs, Hounds Tongue Pulling, Bitterroot Flower

June 11, 2012

Jeff Clarke gets up close with a black widow spider, marmots, and spring wildflowers.

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Field Note 06-09-12

Salamander larvae wriggle in a new spring habitat.

Black widow spider hides in a sprinkler valve.

The field crew sprays spurge in the northwestern fields.

The field crew pulls hounds toungue in the floodplain.

The Next Step Wilderness Program sets up camp in the Boondocks.

Yellow Bellied Marmots "pint" at moving objects.

Could a bull snake eat a marmot?

Bitterroots bloom.

Yellow monkey flower has medicinal properties.

Prarie smoke flowers morph into hairy winkers.

Rows of corn emerge in the north pivot.

An osprey flies by a nest camera.

A swolen Bitterroot River and completed field work 06-08-12

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