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I arrive at the dry Lecyr Well site, with low-growing daturas in the foreground, Mojave National Preserve

5391-lecyr-well.jpg When I reach the road to Lecyr Spring, I turn and hike up that way, with the New York Mountains peaks in the backgroundThumbnailsThese flowering mahonia (berberis) bushes are noisy at this time of year, attracting lots of buzzing beesWhen I reach the road to Lecyr Spring, I turn and hike up that way, with the New York Mountains peaks in the backgroundThumbnailsThese flowering mahonia (berberis) bushes are noisy at this time of year, attracting lots of buzzing beesWhen I reach the road to Lecyr Spring, I turn and hike up that way, with the New York Mountains peaks in the backgroundThumbnailsThese flowering mahonia (berberis) bushes are noisy at this time of year, attracting lots of buzzing beesWhen I reach the road to Lecyr Spring, I turn and hike up that way, with the New York Mountains peaks in the backgroundThumbnailsThese flowering mahonia (berberis) bushes are noisy at this time of year, attracting lots of buzzing beesWhen I reach the road to Lecyr Spring, I turn and hike up that way, with the New York Mountains peaks in the backgroundThumbnailsThese flowering mahonia (berberis) bushes are noisy at this time of year, attracting lots of buzzing beesWhen I reach the road to Lecyr Spring, I turn and hike up that way, with the New York Mountains peaks in the backgroundThumbnailsThese flowering mahonia (berberis) bushes are noisy at this time of year, attracting lots of buzzing bees

A big mahonia (berberis) is covered with yellow flowers, I walk over to it.