Now we turn our attention to Abies lasiocarpa (subalpine fir, which used to be called alpine fir, until someone pointed out that…
If you can see its cones, and they haven’t disintegrated yet, Abies procera is the easiest fir to identify, because…
Now we’re on to Abies amabilis, the other true fir in our region that has stomatal bloom only on the underside of…
I’m finally ready to tackle the true firs in the genus Abies. There are 6 true firs in our region, but…
For a lepturine longhorn beetle (family Cerambycidae) that is supposedly common (I’ve found Ortholeptura valida before, one watershed to the west from…
Last Thursday, thanks to certification by people who obviously don’t know me at the Universal Life Church (though henceforth I…
I am always excited to find any of the woodpeckers (including flickers and sapsuckers) and Picadae is probably my favorite…
I recently made a trip up to the Timberline Lodge area of Mt. Hood, and one of my primary objectives…
This handsome noctuid moth was a new one for me, although I’m slightly surprised that I hadn’t seen it before…
This spittlebug showed up at my lights when I was camping near a wet meadow in Skamania County, Washington. I…