Let me start out by saying that Golden-crowned Sparrows are my favorite sparrows. I do most of my birding during…
Nameless Pinions are a common Noctuid moth in the spring and fall. How weird to have an accepted common name…
Who doesn’t love Pacific Bleeding Hearts? Many, many years ago, the first time I saw this species in the wild,…
Cerastis enigmatica is a small but striking Noctuid that flies in early spring. It can be very common in areas…
This native shrub is quite the useful member of the Rosaceae family, providing nearly year around food to various forest…
Friday, after being fortunate enough to receive our second dose of the COVID 19 vaccine, Pam and I headed up…
A pretty little member of the mustard family (Brassicaceae), Cardamine nuttallii goes by many common names, among which are Nuttall’s toothwort,…
It is always fun to find males of this early season Geometer, because of their large, plumose antenna, by far…
These beautiful flowering plants, another true herald of spring, go by many common names, including western trillium, Pacific trillium, western…
This was a brand new Hypena sp. for me, a group of Erebidae moths with the common name of snout moths. This…