I have to admit that, because they are often nocturnal and shy, I know very little about the small mammals…
One of the many things on my fishing to-do list was to check into shad. I had accidentally caught one…
I love steelhead! I say that about many living organisms, but the truth is that I feel an admiration for,…
I had a very interesting and productive trip to the River S Unit of the Ridgefield NWR last Friday. Even…
Western Tanagers are always an exciting bird to see, flashing that bright red head and yellow body, with the black…
I love to see turtles! There is something so endearing and enduring about them, a zen like equanimity that calls…
A couple years ago I posted some photographs on Facebook, confidently stating that they were Western Painted Turtles (Chrysemys picta),…
For anyone curious about my prolonged vacation from writing these profiles, I talk about it in this blog “Refocusing in…
A dozen or so years ago, when I was a beginning birder, I really struggled with identifying the sparrows (and…
I am very fond of Gadwalls for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is their ease of…