Category Archives: Wildlife

anthocharis midea Friday, March 25, 2016 — 3:07 p.m. Devil’s Den State Park, Arkansas Two or three of them were flitting low at the edge of a clearing near Lee Creek, occasionally stopping on flowers. I only had my cell … Continue reading →

On the day after the 15-inch November snow storm, I took these photos out my study window. I threw some bird seed on the small section of roof just outside my study window. Goldfinches (below), Juncos (bottom), Chickadees and House … Continue reading →

junco hyemalis thurberi Thursday, November 5, 2015 Fort Vancouver National Historic Site — Vancouver, Washington There is a large English-style garden in front of the Hudson’s Bay stockade in the National Park. As I walked along the path that led … Continue reading →

branta (to burn) hutchinsii (named for Thomas Hutchins, 1790 English attache of the Hudson’s Bay Company) Thursday, February 5, 2015 Fort Vancouver National Historic Site — Vancouver, Washington In 2004, it was determined that the four smallest subspecies of the … Continue reading →

I spotted this guy running in tiny circles in the grass along a road. I suspect there was something wrong with him. At best, he was lost and desperate to find his hole. As I approached with my iPhone, he … Continue reading →