Category Archives: Wildlife

I’m not tone deaf — I can recognize individual songs — but I am tone challenged. I once bought a harmonica and learned two tunes: “Amazing Grace,” and “Red River Valley.” For years afterwards, those were the only two songs … Continue reading →

On a warm, sunny, still afternoon we could see a couple small fish in the creek by our campsite. I grabbed some Wildberry Poptarts and began feeding them. Several bluegill gathered and ate greedily, joined occasionally by a larger bass. … Continue reading →

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 →