Columbine is one of those plants you wouldn't expect to see in Death Valley National Park. It grows at higher elevations and it requires lots of water. However, Death Valley NP has a few localities that satisfy those requirements. A colony of columbine plants grows just up from Thompson Camp, which is located in Surprise Canyon in the Panamint Range. The colony is near a large water cistern. DeDecker claims that columbine also grows in the Inyo Range and the Grapevine Range.

The little bats that fly around at dusk in the Northern Mojave are known by the scientific name Pipistrellus hesperus. They are more commonly referred to as Western Pipistrelle Bats, and even more commonly as just plain bats. They are tiny, even smaller than mice, but when flying around at twilight they seem slightly larger due to the size of their wings. The little guy in the video wound up on my front porch probably as a result of flying into my screen door!

The over 100 degrees streak lasted only until August sixth, which resulted in a steak of 42 days with highs over 100 degrees. From August seventh until August twelvth the high never topped the century mark. However, every day since then has been over 100 degrees! In fact, two days in August have officially been recorded to have hit 108 degrees on the good, ole Fahrenheit scale!