Photos tagged with Animals
Hiding in plain sight.
A colorful photo taken on a rainy day.
Flowers on Church Mountain
Trailside floral display on the way up Church Mountain.
Crossing the Trail
Pacific banana slug (Ariolimax columbianus) crossing the Loop Trail at Discovery Park. Head-on view of the tentacles/antennae for vision sensing (upper) and chemical sensing (lower).
Chipmunk at Lake Serene
Always moving, these chipmunks are difficult to photograph. This one stayed on and around the big rock where hikers often stop for lunch, eating the morsels of food left by humans.
Droplets on Dickerman
Water droplets on a leaf, taken in the meadows of Mount Dickerman. Bits of mountain ridge can be seen refracted through some of the water droplets.
Slugging it out near the Mount Washington trailhead
Arion rufus (European brown slug), near the Homestead Valley trailhead in Olallie Park, at the base of Mount Washington.
Flower Patch at High Rock Lookout
A flower patch at High Rock, just next to the lookout, with Mount Rainier in the background
Wildflowers over Tuck Lake
The hike between Tuck and Robin Lakes may be brutal but the views and wildflowers make up for it.
Fern on Moss
Queen's Cup
tree fungus and moss
West Cady Ridge
The trail comes up the far side of the ridge, then follows the ridge to Benchmark Mountain
Gnome Plant
This was taken on 7-23-11 on the Big Creek Falls Trail in the Lewis River area.
Mountain goat kid
This goat kid (and mom) visited our camp at Snow lakes in the Enchantments and posed for a picture.
Indian Paintbrush
Flowers were blooming along the Wells Creek Forest Service Road 33.
Someone's lunch
caught the yellow out of the corner of my eye
Bitterroot
Bitterroot seen in Labyrinth area of Catherine Creek
Shy Chipmunk
Saw this little guy along the Thunder Creek trail trying to hide behind some rocks
Bleeding Hearts
A patch of bleeding hearts along the Baker River trail
Sagebrush Violets
Many of these were seen at Beezley Preserve
Springtime In The Columbia River Gorge
Springtime brings out all of nature's creature's big & small!
Springtime In The Columbia River Gorge
Springtime has come to the Columbia River Gorge!The 3 photo's I have taken are about flowers budding & blooming.Also awesome,powerful waterfalls.
Mossy Trees with Ferns
These trees would have been cool without the ferns, but that just made it way more interesting!
Bird's Nest Fungus
We saw many of these along the Baker River Trail near the suspension bridge
Turkey Tails
These were ween on the Baker River Trail
Ferns and moss, John Wayne Trail
Iron Horse St Park
Witch's Butter
Found this fungus along the Boulder River trail. I didn't know what it was named at first, so I had to look it up. Either way, it's some pretty awesome fungus!