Reading the Washington Landscape

I have had numerous ventures up the north slope of Frailey Mountain south of Lake Cavanaugh in Skagit County. The slopes are steep and strea...

 I was alerted to the nearby presence of a northern flicker by the drumming on a metal gutter. The bird then swooped past my head and landed...

Approaching a pond in eastern Washington there was a sudden loud splashing. It has been a cold spring, but on this day the sun was warm. The...

I had a venture on the east coast of Whidbey Island a bit south of Penn Cove. The geology strata changes rather substantially along the shor...

I had a long day of travel with a walk to the train station, the long train ride and then the long plane ride. I had a window seat on the fl...

The Skagit Flats and Samish Flats is birding destination. There are plenty of wintering birds that attract the birders, but the short eared ...

I have developed a preference for geology field work in the winter. Geology field work in western Washington State is generally pretty easy....