Tootfinder

Facing down a new week of too many deadlines like this chestnut-backed chickadee (Poecile rufescens) in Stanley Park, Vancouver
#naturalist #wildlife #photography

These weasels have locally adapted their winter coats to varying snow cover thanks to a million-year-old mutation
#naturalist

A sleepy great blue heron, Areda herodias, in the Seattle Arboretum's Japanese garden
#naturalist

Autumn colors in the Japanese garden at the Seattle Arboretum this past weekend
#naturalist #photography

Beavertail prickly pear, Opuntia basilaris, in bloom this spring at Vasquez Rocks County Park
#naturalist

Bellflower, genus Campanula, along the trail to Snow Lake this summer
#naturalist #wildflower

Crater Lake this June, as seen from the parking lot of the Crater Lake National Park visitor center, which was still half-buried in snow
#naturalist

A bright-eyed spotted towhee, Pipio maculatus, in Stanley Park, Vancouver
#naturalist #bird

Cones and leaves of red alder, Alnus rubra, along the trail to Granite Lake back in the warmer days of August
#naturalist

An American crow, Corvus brachyrynchos, keeping watch at the water taxi landing by Sunset Beach, Vancouver
#naturalist

The ridgeline of Mount Roosevelt overlooking Snow Lake, in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness, Washington State
#naturalist #photography #mountain

An American dipper, Cinclus mexicanus, living up to its name at Snow Lake earlier this week. These guys are aquatic songbirds, basically thrushes who saw what ducks do and decided it looked fun
#naturalist #wildlife #bird

A softly dapper dark-eyed junco, Junco hyemalis oregonus, in Stanley Park, Vancouver
#naturalist #bird

Sunlight through steam rising off a fallen snag in Stanley Park, Vancouver
#naturalist #forest #photography #Vancouver