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This will probably come as a bit of a surprise, but I’m “here” now — “here” being out on the west coast in the vicinity of the Columbia Gorge. However, this isn’t a picture from today. I shot this one a few years ago, while on my last visit out west. I haven’t said much […]
Last Friday, while out doing a bit of work in the garden, I noticed a Monarch butterfly resting on a Milkweed leaf nearby. I moved in closer to take a look, and sure enough, it was one of the butterflies that I had tagged the previous day. It seems that the little fellow wasn’t quite […]
If you’ve been following my blog for awhile, you’ll know that I’m interested in phenology — the study of cyclic and seasonal natural phenomena. I’ve written about it in the past and you can see other posts by clicking on “Phenology” in the categories section of the sidebar. Today’s post pertains to the […]
Yesterday, Don and I spent much of the afternoon wandering in search of late summer flora and fauna. One of our stops along the hike was to visit what, in past years, has been the site of a huge colony of Chicken of the Woods (Laetiporus sulphureus). These large, colorful bracket fungi often […]
To follow-up on yesterday’s post about Gray Treefrogs (Hyla versicolor), for the past couple of weeks, on sunny afternoons, I’ve been finding quite a few juvenile frogs basking on Common Milkweed leaves. Air temperatures have recently dropped off at night and days are moderate. Such conditions seem to bring out the young frogs […]