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 | 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 | Apr 24, 2019 | Interesting Nature Facts, Mammals, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife
Pikas inhabit talus (rock pile) fields that are fringed by suitable vegetation on alpine areas. Since they do not hibernate, pikas cash food in hay piles to eat during winter. This behavior is known as haying. MORE PHOTOS OF MAMMALS MORE INTERESTING NATURE FACTS...
by Rich Leighton | Jan 24, 2017 | British Columbia, Landscape, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Pacific Northwest
Last week I was in Banff, Alberta where I had been attending the AMAZING Second Annual International Landscape Photographers’ Association Summit. On the way home headed westward back to Seattle, I took a curve on a mountain highway near Revelstoke, British...
by Rich Leighton | Nov 9, 2016 | Landscape, NANP, Natural History, Nature & Wildlife, Nature Photography, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, Pacific Northwest, Travel
Timing is everything! This is just a quick post showing just how fast the sky can change in 14 minutes! I was at Cannon Beach in Oregon photographing one of the world’s biggest sea stacks on the most amazing coastline in the world at the perfect moment of low...
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