by Rich Leighton | Feb 25, 2022 | Landscape, Natural History, Nature Photography, Pacific Northwest, Rivers, Washington
Last winter as we were saying our goodbye to Washington State which had been our home for the past decade, we visited Icicle Creek in Washington’s Cascade Mountains, a place my family and I had hiked the previous summer and I was after one last hunt for winter...
by Rich Leighton | Feb 22, 2022 | California, Landscape, Natural History, Nature Photography, Oregon, Pacific Northwest
On a trip to Southern Oregon and the Oregon Coast to photograph wild Pacific landscapes and a profusion of wild lilies and native bog orchids further inland, I ended up by accident in Medford, OR where I got this unexpected fantastic view of Mount Shasta from the top...
by Rich Leighton | Jan 1, 2022 | Dragonflies, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Pacific Northwest, Washington
Perhaps the most strikingly beautiful of all of the large dragonflies of Western Canada and the United States, the eight-spotted skimmer (Libellula forensis) contrasts greatly with its environment, whether it is in lowland marshes and ponds or along desert creeks and...
by Rich Leighton | Jun 7, 2021 | Interesting Nature Facts, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Pacific Northwest
Five very interesting things about moss: 1. Moss was the first plant on earth. 2. Moss don’t have roots, but rather thread-like rhizoids that help them stay snugly anchored in place. 3. While most mosses love wet habitats, some can be found in deserts and even growing...
by Rich Leighton | May 28, 2021 | Crustaceans, Interesting Nature Facts, Marine Invertebrates, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Pacific Northwest
Did you know that barnacles are a type of stationary crustacean? Barnacles are in the same family as shrimp, crabs and lobsters and like most crustaceans, they are omnivorous predators that eat whatever they can catch with their modified “feeler” feet (called cirri)...
by Rich Leighton | Dec 12, 2019 | Interesting Nature Facts, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Pacific Northwest
Common horsetail buds are eaten as a vegetable in Japan and Korea in springtime. All other Equisetum species are toxic. MORE PHOTOS OF HORSETAILS MORE INTERESTING NATURE FACTS Interesting Nature Facts is a series about the flora, fauna and places that make North...
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