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I am a Docent In the California State Parks, Santa Cruz Mountains Division, as well as for the Semperviren's Fund.

Most of my time is spent in Big Basin/Little Basin, though I do frequent Castle Rock and Henry Cowell, especially their Fall Creek Branch.

I usually do Flower/Ecology walks open to the public, the third Saturday (except May, when the Sempervirens Fund has it's birthday bash) and following Sunday of every month, year round, check this web site for walks available to the public and if I am doing my walks that month.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SantaCruzMountainsNatureTrails/

Other sites with informative information and pictures I have contributed to;
http://www.picturetrail.com/bigbasin

Special Summaries (plant list and graphs), Banana Slugs, California specials, hiking and exploration
http://www.icogitate.com/~tree/

What is in bloom when on the Berry Creek Falls Loop
http://www.icogitate.com/~tree/redwood.big.basin.flowers.htm

news/events/activities/Park Maps
http://www.sempervirens.org
http://www.bigbasin.org
http://www.mountainparks.org/
http://thatsmypark.org/
http://redwoodhikes.com/Store/home.html

Cal Flora
http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/photographer_query?query_src=photos_photographers&where-name_full=Scott Peden&one=T

And for a short while, this site will still be around with a collage of last years favorite pictures
http://www.flickr.com/photos/55838750@N00/


BREAKING NEWS!!! Results of Joan Zimmerman and Scott Peden's 7 year survey of the Berry Creek Falls, Banana Slug, Salamander and Flower counts, graphs, and flower calendar!http://www.icogitate.com/~tree/redwood.trail.7.years.htm

Galleries

North Escape Rd walk, Nov 22 : This drizzly day, I took 8 people out to show them how Novembers showers....... bring on the winter flowers. Lichens, Fungus, and showy berries, and many chaparral plants all getting ready to bloom, after waiting for that hot brutal sunny weather to go away..........

North Escape Rd walk, Nov 22

This drizzly day, I took 8 people out to show them how Novembers showe ...

Updated: Nov 22, 2009 11:38pm PST

FIres 09 and CDF equipment :

FIres 09 and CDF equipment

Updated: Nov 19, 2009 10:18pm PST

Butterfly's and Moths :

Butterfly's and Moths

Updated: Nov 19, 2009 10:05pm PST

Bee Fly's, Bee's Wasps and such : Bee Fly, pretending to be a Bee, Family Bombylidae, The adults eat nectar, the young are parasitoids of other burrowing insects, the female Bee Flies of some species, can flip their eggs into tiny holes! (Thanks for the correct data Tonya!-Scott

Bee Fly's, Bee's Wasps and such

Bee Fly, pretending to be a Bee, Family Bombylidae, The adults eat nec ...

Updated: Nov 19, 2009 9:49pm PST

Banana Slugs eating :

Banana Slugs eating

Updated: Nov 19, 2009 9:33pm PST

What's that Flower? Advanced version. : Often, when I am at Big Basin, someone will come in and describe some flower, wanting to know what it is. On occasion, some are more confusing then others.......... feel free to leave a comment as to what you think these are!

What's that Flower? Advanced version.

Often, when I am at Big Basin, someone will come in and describe some ...

Updated: Nov 19, 2009 9:15pm PST

BB Docent Day Nov 7 09 :

BB Docent Day Nov 7 09

Updated: Nov 07, 2009 10:49pm PST

Woodpeckers, Flickers etc :

Woodpeckers, Flickers etc

Updated: Oct 20, 2009 11:48pm PST

Andrew P HIll Science class :

Andrew P HIll Science class

Updated: Oct 20, 2009 11:01pm PST

Spiders :

Spiders

Updated: Sep 29, 2009 9:25pm PST

Founders Day Melodrama 2009 :

Founders Day Melodrama 2009

Updated: Sep 28, 2009 7:39pm PST

Lizards, Snakes and other scaly things :

Lizards, Snakes and other scaly things

Updated: Sep 02, 2009 11:44pm PST

Insects and bugs :

Insects and bugs

Updated: Aug 27, 2009 8:52pm PST

Beetles :

Beetles

Updated: Aug 27, 2009 7:29pm PST

Dragonflies and Damselflies :

Dragonflies and Damselflies

Updated: Aug 24, 2009 9:55pm PST

Chestnut-backed Chickade, : FAKER! it was only feigning being hurt to keep us from finding it's nest. .

Chestnut-backed Chickade,

FAKER! it was only feigning being hurt to keep us from finding it's ne ...

Updated: Aug 24, 2009 9:53pm PST

Birds :

Birds

Updated: Aug 14, 2009 10:16pm PST

Moon series E-620 70-300 EC14 :

Moon series E-620 70-300 EC14

Updated: Aug 09, 2009 2:53am PST

Flowers, Small :

Flowers, Small

Updated: Jul 12, 2009 9:34pm PST

Clouds :

Clouds

Updated: Jun 14, 2009 9:59pm PST

Sunsets :

Sunsets

Updated: Jun 14, 2009 7:57pm PST

Flowers over 1/2 inch :

Flowers over 1/2 inch

Updated: May 25, 2009 10:34am PST

Castle Rock :

Castle Rock

Updated: May 24, 2009 12:37am PST

Moon :

Moon

Updated: May 23, 2009 10:38pm PST

Gazos WIldlife Corridor Area :

Gazos WIldlife Corridor Area

Updated: May 07, 2009 12:17am PST

More Moon Madness :

More Moon Madness

Updated: Apr 08, 2009 10:50pm PST

6 Petaled Poppy and Crab/Flower Spider :

6 Petaled Poppy and Crab/Flower Spider

Updated: Mar 29, 2009 11:24pm PST

Water Falls, :

Water Falls,

Updated: Feb 23, 2009 7:51pm PST

Lichens :

Lichens

Updated: Jan 24, 2009 2:03am PST

Peacocks :

Peacocks

Updated: Jan 17, 2009 9:17pm PST

Moss's :

Moss's

Updated: Jan 17, 2009 8:31pm PST

Fungus's and Molds :

Fungus's and Molds

Updated: Jan 17, 2009 8:16pm PST

Macro Madness :

Macro Madness

Updated: Jan 16, 2009 11:15pm PST

Mammels :

Mammels

Updated: Jan 15, 2009 10:20pm PST

Newts and Salamanders :

Newts and Salamanders

Updated: Jan 14, 2009 10:37pm PST

Hawks and Golden Eagle : Red Tailed Hawks

Hawks and Golden Eagle

Red Tailed Hawks

Updated: Jan 14, 2009 9:39pm PST

Little Basin :

Little Basin

Updated: Jul 03, 2008 12:27am PST

Orchids of Santa Cruz Mountains : Orchids of the SantaCruz Mountains of Coastal Central California, as I locate them, these ofcourse aren't all the Orchids we have here.

Orchids of Santa Cruz Mountains

Orchids of the SantaCruz Mountains of Coastal Central California, as I ...

Updated: May 29, 2008 11:55pm PST

Little Basin, walks on 108th B Day of Sempervirens Fund :

Little Basin, walks on 108th B Day of Sempervirens Fund

Updated: May 24, 2008 10:18pm PST

Banana Slugs :

Banana Slugs

Updated: May 21, 2008 11:42pm PST

A Wilder walk : Randy Widera, the Executive director of "Friends of California State Parks" non profit, does a once a year walk for the members and staff in Wilder State Park. I was running late and got there 1 minute before they were to leave, and as I left the parking lot, the first picture shows the representative he left to entertain me (and ensure I was fashionably late). My thanks also to Peggy and Paul for finding all the small critters on these pages, I doubt I would have seen all but one without thier sharp eyes, and help getting the photo's. Scott

A Wilder walk

Randy Widera, the Executive director of "Friends of California State P ...

Updated: May 12, 2008 7:09pm PST

Hummingbirds :

Hummingbirds

Updated: Apr 10, 2008 11:42pm PST

Buzzards Roost, Eagle Rock CDF Tower, Microwave Station, Pine Mountain, Sempervirens Point, Scenery :

Buzzards Roost, Eagle Rock CDF Tower, Microwave Station, Pine Mountain, Sempervirens Point, Scenery

Updated: Mar 30, 2008 11:38pm PST

My Smug Mug : Buzzards roost, Big Basin, in the fog.....photo taken by my friend Bill R.

My Smug Mug

Buzzards roost, Big Basin, in the fog.....photo taken by my friend Bil ...

Updated: Mar 28, 2008 11:55pm PST

Santa Cruz County Scenery, msc :

Santa Cruz County Scenery, msc

Updated: Mar 23, 2008 11:24pm PST

Birds, Small :

Birds, Small

Updated: Mar 23, 2008 11:07pm PST

Flowers, other plants :

Flowers, other plants

Updated: Mar 23, 2008 10:28pm PST

Norris Ranch area :

Norris Ranch area

Updated: Mar 02, 2008 10:23pm PST

Violets of Santa Cruz Mountains :

Violets of Santa Cruz Mountains

Updated: Mar 02, 2008 9:02am PST

Bridges :

Bridges

Updated: Feb 27, 2008 10:07am PST

Fall Creek, Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park :

Fall Creek, Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park

Updated: Feb 10, 2008 10:55pm PST

Clouds, Trees on the mountain : This is looking over the meadow at Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, facing the mountain called Ben Lomond, South Felton portion. It was raining and blowing a good one the day I took these. These pictures were shot using the in camera programs, starting from the first one, of Vivid 1, Natural, Muted, Monotone, Sepia. Post program editing noted by a g for gamma and an s for sharpness. No other processing was done.

Clouds, Trees on the mountain

This is looking over the meadow at Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park, f ...

Updated: Jan 28, 2008 8:36pm PST

Big Basin, Scenery :

Big Basin, Scenery

Updated: Jan 23, 2008 8:48pm PST

Big Basin, North Escape Road : North Escape Road is an old 2.5 mile road that parallels Hwy 236 from Big Basin HQ, following Opal Creek for the first 1.6miles, till it junctions 2 miles up hwy 236 to a large pull out, and was an old emergency escape route before the hwy went through to Boulder Creek.

Big Basin, North Escape Road

North Escape Road is an old 2.5 mile road that parallels Hwy 236 from ...

Updated: Jan 23, 2008 12:04am PST