Daily Information Archives – Page 11 of 15 – Good Morning Idyllwild

Enjoy the cool evenings! Weather: Sunny with a few clouds…Not QUITE so hot. Highs of 81 – 85 & Lows of 59 -61 Flower of the Week: Coyote Mint I just love the name of this flower…Coyote Mint! It primarily grows in California, and in nurseries it’s sold as a ground cover that is drought…

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Weather: Sunny and HOT!Highs of 91 – 92 & Lows of 65 -70 Plant of the week: Wild Strawberry Early settlers and Native Americans all knew of the prolific wild strawberries in this valley and referred to our area as “Strawberry Valley” for many years. Where there is water in this are, there are wild…

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Enjoy the cool evenings! Weather: Very Sunny!Highs of 87 – 90 & Lows of 61 -65 Word of the Week: Gall Do you ever wonder what those chunky balls in oak trees are? They’re GALLS! An amazing feature of nature that allows insects (primarily wasps when you see these in oak trees) to inject some…

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Weather: Sunny and HOT!Highs of 89 – 95 & Lows of 65 -70 Flower of the week: Lemon Lily “The Lemon Lily used to be prolific along streams & bogs in Idyllwild” wrote Harvey Hall, a botanist who wrote in his “Botanical Flora of the Pine Belt of the San Jacinto Mountains”. But in 1902…

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Weather: Very Sunny!Highs of 83 – 88 & Lows of 59 -63 Fungi of the Week: Veiled Polypour Look at this pine tree with mushrooms growing out of it. They are very hard fungi called Veiled Polypours and grow on dead and dying pine trees. Especially ones that have been effected by fire or bark…

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Weather: Sunny – Sunny – SunnyHighs of 77 – 83 & Lows of 49 -59 Animal of the week: Bat I am so excited to tell you about bats, one of my favorite mammals. They are so misunderstood and feared and they should be appreciated and revered. They are the ONLY flying mammal (yes, they…

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The Parade is Tuesday! Weather: Sunny – Sunny – SunnyHighs of 81 – 85 & Lows of 53 -59 Tuesday!10:00 AM Animal of the Week: Raccoon Yes, we do have raccoons in Idyllwild, but you are lucky if you get to see them. I have lived here almost 30 years and I’ve only seen maybe…

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It’s gonna be a BIG-FUN-LONG weekend! Weather: Sunny – Sunny – SunnyHighs of 87 – 90 & Lows of 63 -66 Bird of the week: Violet-Green Swallows I know….when I first saw this bird up here in Idyllwild, I thought I was spotting a rare bird that got off course somewhere on its way to…

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Photo by Frazier/Drake Weather: More Sunshine! Highs of 74 – 81 & Lows of 48 – 55 Animal of the Week: Rattle Snake Rattle Snakes are probably the animal you need to fear the most in Idyllwild. Yes, it’s rattle snake season so you need to be on the look-out. In spring and summer when…

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