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Natural History
Campervan First Camping Trip
Finally I get to take my new camper van conversion on its first camping trip. We go to the Queets Rainforest in Olympic National Park to test all of our […]
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Winter Songbird Photo Shoot
Nice early-morning light after our first snowfall of the season provided a great opportunity for a winter songbird photo shoot. With about 6 inches of snow on the ground, I […]
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New Science Demonstrates Contribution of Birds to Human Wellness
Does bird watching make you happy? Two new scientific papers demonstrate the contribution of birds to human wellness. While much scientific evidence demonstrates natures positive contribution to human happiness and […]
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Photographing Songbirds Foraging on Frosty Autumn Leaves [Video]
I’m back in the backyard photographing songbirds again, this time while they are foraging on frosty autumn leaves. I raked a pile of fallen leaves from under my Japanese maple […]
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Olympic National Park – A Winter Photo Shoot – Part 2 [Video]
A winter photo shoot in Olympic National Park photographing Queets River Rainforest and Quinault Rainforest.
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Northern Harrier Hunting Over Skagit Valley Farmland
Northern harrier (Circus hudsonius) in flight hunting over Skagit Valley farmland during sunrise
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Olympic National Park – A Winter Photo Shoot [Video]
A winter photo shoot in Olympic National Park photographing Hoh River rainforest, Queets River rainforest and Ruby Beach.
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Photographing Short-Eared Owls, Fir Island, Washington [Video]
Short-eared owls hunt for voles and other small rodents during daylight hours, typically in early morning and late afternoon. This diurnal behavior makes them one of the easier owl species to locate and photograph. I found the owl featured in this video in the Skagit Bay Wildlife Area on Fir Island in northwestern Washington State.
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Boulder River Waterfalls in Pouring October Rain [Video]
The Boulder River Trail offers easy hiking into the Boulder River Wilderness, with scenic views of waterfalls cascading down cliffs and right into the Boulder River. Join me for a […]
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American Pika – Mount Rainier National Park [Video]
On an autumn hike up into the subalpine meadows of Mount Rainier National Park, I found these adorable American Pika (Ochotona princeps) busy topping off their hay piles before winter […]
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South Coast Trail – Olympic National Park [Video]
Join me on a 5-day family backpacking trip on the South Coast Trail in Olympic National Park to photograph seascapes along this wild stretch of Washington Coast. We start at […]
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More Backyard Songbird Photography [Video]
With the COVID-19 lock-down keeping me home, and a red flowering currant bush in full bloom in the back yard, today was a perfect day for some backyard songbird photography. […]
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Frosty Morning in Snohomish River Estuary
It was a frosty early morning of bird watching on Spencer Island in the Snohomish River Estuary. An extremely high tide (12.0 feet) flooded through breaches in the dikes and […]
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Mountain Heather, Alpine Lakes Wilderness, Washington Cascades
“Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, and as vital to our lives as water and good bread.”— Edward Abbey
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Mountain Ridges, Glacier Bay National Park, Southeast Alaska
“In the presence of eternity, the mountains are as transient as the clouds.”— Robert Green Ingersoll
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Liberty Bell Mountain, Washington Pass, Washington
“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.”— Thomas Jefferson
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Rialto Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington State
“In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.”— Abraham Lincoln
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