Of course I've also been out looking for wildflowers and other neat things. I found these beetles enjoying themselves on some white whorled lupines. I'm pretty sure they are Hoplia dispar - they have an interesting silver sheen on the underside. Evidently they prefer white flowers to any other and can be garden pests although evidently they usually aren't a scourge. The ones I saw were way down near the river so I remain hopeful they don't find their way up to our roses. A friend of mine saw this picture and helped me with the ID and the only reason she knew about them was because they had munched on her garden, especially her roses.
This next picture I got because I was originally interested in the wildflower - a winecup clarkia. When I noticed the spider I refocused on that since I already have a decent image of the clarkia (I'm pretty sure). I used the black case I have in my camera bag as a makeshift backdrop. I don't know what kind of spider it is.
I've seen a blue heron the last two times I've walked down to the river - it's not impossible that there is a pair.
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