I first noticed this plant while wandering around with a headlamp waiting for bugs to show up at my lights…
The majority of the butterflies in this post were seen on the summer solstice, near the Columbia River, outside Kalama,…
It has been a banner year for swallowtails! Seems that I see either Pale Swallowtails or Western Tiger Swallowtails everywhere…
Probably almost everyone reading this has had at least one painful encounter with stinging nettles, and has hopefully already learned…
This was another interesting yard bug that I found when I tagged along whilst Pam watered for her friend. There…
I don’t often find Frangula purshiana (also known as cascara buckthorn, bearberry, cascara, cascara sagrada, chittam bark, coffee-tree) in isolated spots where…
This past weekend Pam was asked to water for a friend who was out of town. Since we live in…
When I found these grasses on the Cowlitz River dike the first thing I noticed was that the inflorescence was…
The first time I ever found this species I was hiking out to Warrior Rock Lighthouse on Sauvie Island, outside…
I’m sure many parents and hikers, and especially pet owners, are not fond of this species (which goes by a…