It is always a happy day when I find my first blooming Oemleria cerasiformis of the year, because I know…
When I first saw this patch of moss, at Oxbow Regional Park along the Sandy River, during my weekly hike…
The other day, while waiting in her courtyard for a very nice, older client to put on her sweater, I…
A couple years ago, on one of my first moss walks, the leader pointed out a moss and said it…
There are a couple of reasons why I’m going to discuss the comedy of errors surrounding my identification of this…
I had to find this lichen 3 times before getting a positive identification on it. The first time I found…
This is a very common moss in the forests of our region, and a fairly recognizable one, once you’ve identified…
For my first post about the fascinating family Meloidae (blister beetles) I am profiling Nemognatha lutea, a relatively common denizen…
When many of us think of thistles we do so with less than charitable thoughts, because most of the thistles…
Buffleheads are small ducks (in fact they are the smallest sea duck in North America), although the bold, black and…