There are times, such as have been these past few days, when I feel a bit like this less than successful image of a Western Gull, Larus occidentalis, I took in Astoria a few weeks ago. While I’m sure the gull had everything under control as it went from a smooth soar into a dive […]
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It’s Finally Here!
After months of waiting, sometimes even patiently, Jerry Powell and Paul Opler‘s Moths of Western North America, a book I have long anticipated has finally arrived and is now safely resting upon my desk.
Purple Trillium
Western Trillium, Trillium ovatum, is one of the most sought-after and widely photographed wildflowers here in the northern tip of the Willamette Valley in Oregon. However despite having seen it growing alongside the trails on countless hikes, I have always assumed it only to bloom with a white blossom. As it turns out, I have […]
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