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Tom Berriman took these photos of a bobcat we saw on the opposite side ofMoose Bog. The bobcat was checking out a beaver lodge and then walked off into the woods. The crust on the snow is solid enough for the bobcat to walk on top.

Photos identified by Tom Carlberg of Lichen Society. Described by him as previously probably frequent in the Central Valley but a victim of urban and agricultural development. This finding one of few refugia. Specimens sent to UC Berkeley Herbarium and California Academy of Sciences in Sept of 2013.

On the down-stream side of a boulder in the Haw River Channel. Lichen located above the normal water line, but below the high-water/flood level.

NOTE: The lichen of observation differs from Psora crenata in the position of the apothecia on the thallus body. In the lichen of observation, the apothecia are centrally located, whilst in Psora crenata the apothecia are marginal in position.