by Rich Leighton | Dec 7, 2019 | Interesting Nature Facts, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Pacific Northwest
Common horsetail has 108 pairs of chromosomes. MORE PHOTOS OF HORSETAILS MORE INTERESTING NATURE FACTS Interesting Nature Facts is a series about the flora, fauna and places that make North America so amazing. Posts include nature photos that are short & sweet,...
by Rich Leighton | Sep 1, 2018 | Food, Foraging, Fruits & Berries, Interesting Nature Facts, Nature & Wildlife, Pacific Northwest
The raspberry-like thimbleberry is one of those common members of the rose family that has been used for untold centuries by the Native American tribes. Not only are the berries (usually) sweet and full of Vitamin C, the fresh shoots can be eaten fresh and leaves can...
by Rich Leighton | Jun 2, 2017 | Arachnids, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Pacific Northwest
Ok, ok…. I’ve learned my lesson from a previous spider post: Don’t use a spider in the thumbnail image that gets posted to social media. I really freaked a lot of you out. That said, I’ve got a really cool post about a very cool little invasive...
by Rich Leighton | May 30, 2017 | NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Northwest, Washington, Wildflowers
One of the absolute best times to visit the wild rolling hills and steep ravines and coulees of Washington’s Columbia Basin is in the late spring. Last week I was traveling around the Vantage, WA are, just east of the mighty Columbia River near Whiskey Dick...
by Rich Leighton | May 28, 2017 | NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Pacific Northwest, Photography, Washington, Wildflowers
Besides wild orchids, wild lilies are a favorite of mine when tromping across the country in extremely rural to even semi-urban places. Recently I was in the Olympic National Forest near the shore of Lake Cushman near Hoodsport, WA scoping out new areas to photograph...
by Rich Leighton | May 27, 2017 | Birds, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Pacific Northwest, Photography, Washington
Very recently I was taking a “day off” (inside joke for those who know me personally – I work in some capacity nearly every day of the year) on a scouting trip for future photography trips in the Olympic National Forest. Near the Skokomish Indian...
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