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Pacific Jumping Mouse (Zapus trinotatus)

June 23, 2022 Dan Nelson 6 Comments

I have to admit that, because they are often nocturnal and shy, I know very little about the small mammals…

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Posted in: Animals, Chordata, Mammalia, Rodentia, Species Profiles, Zapodidae Filed under: Pacific Jumping Mouse, Zapus trinotatus

Iris tenax

June 21, 2022 Dan Nelson 6 Comments

Due, I’m assuming, to our cool and abnormally wet spring, it has not been a banner year for Iris tenax.Though I…

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Posted in: Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Asparagales, Iridaceae, Iris, Monocots, Plants, Species Profiles Filed under: Iris tenax, Oregon Iris, Toughleaf Iris

Odonteus obesus

June 19, 2022 Dan Nelson 1 Comment

I was excited to have two male (though no female) Odonteus obesus come to my lights whilst mothing on the…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Coleoptera (Beetles), Geotrupidae, Insecta, Odonteus, Species Profiles Filed under: Odonteus obesus

Acer circinatum (Vine Maple)

June 17, 2022 Dan Nelson 9 Comments

Bigleaf Maple (Acer macrophyllum) get all of the press because they are huge, beautiful, shade providing, moss and lichen and…

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Posted in: Acer, Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Eudicots, Plants, Sapindaceae, Sapindales, Species Profiles Filed under: Acer circinatum, Vine Maple

Selatosomus suckleyi

June 15, 2022 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

The fact that this is my first click beetle (Elateridae) profile is much more revealing about my laziness in identification…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Coleoptera (Beetles), Elateridae, Insecta, Plants, Selatosomus, Species Profiles Filed under: Selatosomus suckleyi

Achlys triphylla

June 13, 2022 Dan Nelson 7 Comments

After 4 straight animal posts (3 of them vertebrates), I thought I’d turn to the botanical world for this profile.…

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Posted in: Achlys, Angiosperms (Flowering Plants), Berberidaceae, Eudicots, Plants, Ranunculales, Species Profiles Filed under: Achlys triphylla, Sweet after death, Vanilla Leaf

Alosa sapidissima (American Shad)

June 11, 2022 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

One of the many things on my fishing to-do list was to check into shad. I had accidentally caught one…

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Posted in: Actinopterygii, Alosa, Animals, Chordata, Clupeidae, Clupeiformes, Species Profiles Filed under: Alosa sapidissima, American Shad

Oncorhynchus mykiss (Steelhead)

May 31, 2022 Dan Nelson 4 Comments

I love steelhead! I say that about many living organisms, but the truth is that I feel an admiration for,…

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Posted in: Actinopterygii, Animals, Chordata, Oncorhychus, Plants, Salmonidae, Salmoniformes, Species Profiles Filed under: Oncorhynchus mykiss, Steelhead

Black-headed Grosbeak (Pheucticus melanocephalus)

May 27, 2022 Dan Nelson 2 Comments

I had a very interesting and productive trip to the River S Unit of the Ridgefield NWR last Friday. Even…

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Posted in: Animals, Aves (Birds), Cardinalidae, Chordata, Passeriformes, Pheucticus, Species Profiles Filed under: Black-headed Grosbeak, Pheucticus melanocephalus

Chinavia hilaris (Green Stink Bug)

May 25, 2022 Dan Nelson 3 Comments

I’ve been hoping to find one of these Green Stink Bugs for awhile because they are a native, brightly colored…

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Posted in: Animals, Arthropoda, Chinavia, Hemiptera, Heteroptera (True Bugs), Insecta, Pentatomidae, Species Profiles Filed under: Chinavia hilaris, Green Stink Bug

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