Figueroa Mountain, Santa Barbara County, California

Wildflowers, birds, trails, and mountain road trips from 2004 through 2009.

Happy Canyon Road area
Loop drive up Happy Canyon Road and down Figueroa Mountain Road, Santa Ynez — wildflowers on April 5, 2009.

Brodiaea, Clarkia, Penstemon, Mariposa Lilies, Mimulus—oh my!

Wildflowers at Figueroa Mountain
Wildflower trip to Manzana Trail — May 11, 2008
Manzana Trail, Sunset Valley, Los Padres National Forest, Santa Lucia Ranger District, Figueroa Mountain, Santa Ynez, and Nira Campground.

Manzana Creek — May 17, 2008, a Lynn Watson post from around the same time. Some photographs are from the hike we took together.

Wildflowers at Figueroa Mountain Wildflower display at Figueroa Mountain Chocolate Lily
2008 was a great year for wildflowers at Figueroa Mountain. There were many Chocolate Lilies at the meadow. The smell of the pines and flowers before the dirt road leading to the top was just as amazing as the sight of the Lupine and California Poppy display. Slideshow — April 6, 2008.
Figueroa Mountain
Figueroa Mountain — December 15, 2007
Yellow-billed Magpie (Pica nuttalli), Fox Sparrow (Passerella iliaca), Pygmy Nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea), Mountain Chickadee (Poecile gambeli), and Northern Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium gnoma).
Wildflowers on Figueroa Mountain Figueroa Mountain landscape
Figueroa Mountain road trip — April 1, 2007
Spring wildflowers, butterflies, mountain vistas, and chaparral in Santa Barbara County, California.

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Figueroa Mountain
Figueroa Mountain — March 28, 2004
Wildflowers and mountain vistas in Santa Barbara County. Kate, Kendy, and I had a nice spring road trip. They gave me a wonderful introduction to the Figueroa Mountain area. It is a good idea to bring a flower field guide—and it does not hurt to have friends who are biologists or naturalists.