On a sunny and windy morning I drove to the upper edge of Aberdeen and hiked up a series of tracks to the top of Coal Hill.   there were wide views from the top to enjoy.    on the way back down I looped around the hill, traversing grassland slopes back to the start.    Along the way I stopped to enjoy wildflowers, insects, birds, and the forest.    A few photos are shared here, in a Google Photos Album.   All photos by the author, from that hike.    

Or go directly to the Album:

• Coal Hill Nature Hike Album (link)
• Shrubby penstemon (Pentstemon fruticosus)
• Thompson’s paintbrush (Castilleja thompsonii)
• field milkvetch (Astralagus agrestis)
• sticky geranium (Geranium viscosissimum)
• desert yellow fleabane (Erigeron linearis)
• desert parsley (Lomatium ambiguum)
• sweat bee on dandelion (Halictus sp.)