Reading the Washington Landscape

The fall rains have arrived. On a very recent field venture I came across an explosion of the fungal world exposing itself. I know very litt...

While making my way through the forest I came face to face with  Aegolius acadicus.   The northern saw-whet is a small owl and this one made...

This is not a normal thing: Barred owl on the ground  The owl did not take flight when approached. I went about various projects after havin...

While on a field work venture along the Yakima River in central Washington I came across a patch of what I believe to be Opuntia columbia . ...

I previously posted on  phytoplankton-in-commencement-bay  based on a set of oblique aerials I came across on the Washington Coastal Atlas. ...

I have had several ventures on the steep north slope of Mount Frailey above Lake Cavanaugh in Skagit County. These ventures were to assess ...

Upon approaching a cattle guard a local residence popped up to see what was coming. It stood there facing me. My anthropizing suggesting I w...