Notes from the Field
Mountain Nature of the Evergreen State
Post #200! Many thanks for all of you who have hung around this long with me through the years! Today I'm still uploading images that have been in cue for editing and uploading to my nature photography website and these just happen to be from places not too far from...
Wildlife of the Pacific Northwest
Lately I've been shooting more new images faster than I can edit & caption them, so over the next couple of weeks, I'll be finally getting new images of the wildlife of the Pacific Northwest ready and sharing a bunch of them as fast as I can upload. Click any...
Three Little Birds, Four New Photos
Rise up this mornin', Smiled with the risin' sun, Three little birds Each by my doorstep Singin' sweet songs Of melodies pure and true, Saying', ("This is my message to you") ~ Bob Marley Just a quick post for today.... three very recent bird photos from my travels...
Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fungus
Really quick late-night post for right now. Went on a Valentine's Day family hike today on Rattlesnake Mountain just east of Seattle, Washington where I found quite a number of very interesting lichens and some Mycena citrinomarginata mushrooms. Since I've just...
A Quiet Winter Wilderness in Washington State
I recently took off for a few days out in the wide, wild wilderness between the Cascade Mountains and Rocky Mountains.... here's a sample of what I brought home. Click any image to enlarge. Silent Forest in Winter A gorgeous winter day on Mount Spokane in Eastern...
Lichens: Botanicals Naturalists Overlook
“Consider the Lichen. Lichens are just about the hardiest visible organisms on Earth, but the least ambitious.” - Bill Bryson Lichens are very interesting when it comes to the silent natural world. Instead of being dumb, timeless decoration on rocks and trees,...
The Wildlife in Florida, the Sunshine State
Happy 2015! After an inexcusable absence, I'm back with some new photos! I've been working like a maniac lately (370+ hours in December of straight working conditions!) and trying to get all my ducks in a row to open a photography studio here in the Seattle, WA area....
Stormy Weather over Idaho’s Plummer Creek
On a recent trip in northwestern Idaho I made a stop at Plummer Creek near Chatcolet Lake. What amazing skies as an autumn storm rolled in! Plummer Creek Wonderfully strange lighting and weather on Plummer Creek as it flows toward Chatcolet Lake in northwestern Idaho...
The Native North American Amaryllis – A Delicate Beauty!
There is a brand new section in the Wildflowers Galleries today, and it is all about the close relative of the lily; the amaryllis family (Amaryllidaceae) of our North American native wildflowers. Because of their close genetic relations with the...
Portraits in the Florida Wilderness
Today's post is just a set of wildlife portraits taken in the Florida wilderness. Click on any image to find out more information or to enlarge. Fakahatchee Barred Owl An adult barred owl watches from the hardwoods at the northern end of the Fakahatchee Strand early...
A Blank Place on the Map – Gold Creek Pond
Yesterday I went for a short hike around one of my regular stopping places in the Cascade Mountains at Gold Creek Pond at the very top of Snoqualmie Pass, just east of Seattle. Toward the top of the pass, it just started snowing, and there was a couple of inches of...
A Herd Apart – The Wild Bison of Antelope Island
Just outside of the city limits of Salt Lake City, Utah - on the Great Salt Lake is a remarkable mountainous island called Antelope Island. Also a state park, this island has a wonderful natural history along with a very interesting habitat and diversity of wildlife....