Vogelmoos Nature Reserve

Many weeks have gone by since the last post on Vogelmoos Nature Reserve. I had an incredible opportunity to witness spring in the desert of Southern California. I captured these impressions in two previous blogs.

The weather usually remains cold and winter-like in April and May in Switzerland, but this year spring came at the time we were in California. Nature emerged from its winter sleep to a colorful spring. After a couple of really warm weeks in June, with temperatures in the low-80s F (low 20s C), the flora is about to change into full summer mode. Following a couple of impressions.

Plants in the nearby meadows of forest clearings

The Nature Reserve borders on a mixed farming area including cattle, orchards and agriculture.

During the coming weeks we will see new plants flowering and others turning their wilted flowers into seeds and fruits. I never tire of observing the cycle of plant and animal life that evolves so close to home in a city.