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Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

February 8, 2023 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

This past weekend Pam and I took our regular late winter field trip to the central Columbia River Gorge. The…

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Posted in: Animals, Aves (Birds), Chordata, Galliformes, Meleagris, Phasianidae, Species Profiles Filed under: Meleagris gallopavo, Wild Turkey

Senecio vulgaris

February 2, 2023 Dan Nelson 6 Comments

In honor of today being Imbolc, an ancient Gaelic holiday celebrating the midpoint between the winter solstice and the vernal…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Asteraceae (Sunflowers), Asterales, Eudicots, Plants, Senecio, Species Profiles Filed under: common groundsel, Old man in the spring, Senicio vulgaris

Pristoceuthophilus celatus

January 28, 2023 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

I cannot be absolutely positive that this camel cricket, (family Rhaphidophoridae) which I found under a chunk of bark in…

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Posted in: Animals, Ensifera, Insecta, Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, crickets, katydids, and their allies), Plants, Pristoceuthophilus, Rhaphidophoridae, Species Profiles Filed under: Pristoceuthophilus celatus

Pinus albicaulis (White-bark Pine)

January 24, 2023 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

I found my first specimens of these conifers on a trip to Mt. Hood last October, but it took a…

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Posted in: Gymnosperms, Pinaceae, Pinales, Pinophyta, Pinopsida, Pinus, Plants, Species Profiles, Tracheophytes Filed under: Pinus albicaulis, Whitebark Pine

Hemigrapsus nudus (Purple Shore Crab)

January 18, 2023 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

I love purple shore crabs! I never get tired of watching their sideways scuttle among cobblestones of the intertidal zone,…

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Posted in: Animals, Crustaceans, Decapoda (Crabs, lobsters, shrimp etc), Hemigrapsus, Malacostraca (Crabs, shrimp, lobsters etc), Plants, Species Profiles, Varunidae Filed under: Hemigrapsus nudus, Purple Shore Crab

Dryopteris arguta (Coastal Wood Fern)

January 15, 2023 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

Thanks to a tip from Caroline Skinner, a regular reader of these profiles, I was able to find my first…

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Posted in: Dryopteridaceae, Dryopteris, Plants, Polypodiales, Polypodiophyta, Polypodiopsida, Species Profiles Filed under: Coastal Wood Fern, Dryopteris arguta

Zelus tetracanthus (4-spurred Assassin Bug)

January 13, 2023 Dan Nelson Leave a comment

It’s really obvious how much my life has changed during my 13 years of sobriety when I say that the…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Hemiptera, Heteroptera (True Bugs), Insecta, Reduviidae, Species Profiles, Zelus Filed under: 4-spurred Assassin Bug, Zelus tetracanthus

Picea sitchensis (Sitka Spruce)

January 11, 2023 Dan Nelson 5 Comments

The 16th installment in my attempt to profile the conifers of the PNW highlights Picea sitchensis (Sitka spruce). This primarily coastal denizen,…

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Posted in: Gymnosperms, Picea, Pinaceae, Pinales, Pinophyta, Pinopsida, Plants, Species Profiles, Tracheophytes Filed under: Picea sitchensis, Sitka Spruce

Black Oystercatcher (Haematopus bachmani)

January 9, 2023 Dan Nelson 10 Comments

It has been a busy couple weeks for yours truly! In addition to the holiday festivities, my nbo Morgan recently…

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Posted in: Animals, Aves (Birds), Charadriiformes, Chordata, Haematopodidae, Haematopus, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Black Oystercatcher, Haematopus bachmani

Uroctonus mordax

December 19, 2022 Dan Nelson 7 Comments

There were many moments of discovery on my trip to sw Oregon, many moments of joy and wonder, many ‘Yeehaw!’…

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Posted in: Animals, Arachnida, Arthropoda, Chactidae, Plants, Scorpiones, Species Profiles, Uroctonus, Uroctonus, Vaejovidae Filed under: Uroctonus mordax, Western Forest Scorpion

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