Early this winter I heard that folks were seeing a Mountain Goat in the Columbia River Gorge. I had heard…
This fairly large geometrid goes by the common name of American Tissue Moth, although I cannot seem to find out…
This is another little flower that I have seen many times before and never took the time to identify. It…
There are many flowering plants that are considered to be harbingers of spring. The Oemleria cerasiformis (Osoberry) that I recently…
Ditylus gracilis is a member of the family Oedemeridae, also known as false blister beetles, because they have a strong superficial…
Well, the taxonomists have been busy again, complicating the identifications made by us recreational naturalists. What used to be Saxifraga…
I love finding bird’s nest fungi, but this is only the second species I have attempted to identify. They are…
Between the fact that they are our only routinely diurnal salamander, and their frequent visibility in the shallow waters of…
Ficaria verna is a beautiful early spring bloomer, its bright and shining yellow flowers, with a starburst of light green…
I was photographing Bryophytes in a friend’s courtyard when I saw this lady beetle on a patch of Homalothecium fulgescens…