Birds and plants and things

Acer scan

another Acer scan

American Crow (proud of this one)

Bryophyte scan

Eared Grebe

Pectoral Sandpiper

Pine Siskin

print of leaves

Collagraph of a crinoid

Ranunculaceae leaf scan

And another thing...

I had the oddest dream the other night that I was on Ulleungdo, but when I woke up I realized that the island in question was actually Dokdo.



and I was trying to drive a car on the island...suffice it to say I was not succeeding

Revised Itinerary

June 13: Seoul

June 14: Donghae

June 15 – July 26: Ulleung-do

July 26-29: Daegu

July 29: Mokpo

July 30 – August 12: Jeju-do

August 12-23: S. islands (MokpoàShinanàJindoàWandoàYeosuàGwanyangàNamhaeàGeoje)

August 22: Busan

August 23-26: Jirisan National Park

August 26-30: Byeonsanbando National Park

September 1-5: Taeanhaean National Park

September 5: Daejeon

September 6: Gangneung

September 7-9: Odaesan National Park

September 9: Sokcho

September 9-13: Seoraksan National Park

September 13-19: Seoul – Bukhansan National Park

Well now I'm spending 6 weeks on Ulleung-do (that tiny little island in the East Sea next to the tinier island in the East Sea called Dokdo) studying plants.

Then, after staying a few days in Daegu, I'll bus/ship down to Jeju for 2 weeks - all the endemic plants!

Then it's the southern island/coast area (I still get to see Kirengeshoma koreana!) with a couple days' stay in Yeosu at a hotel located within Dadohaehaesang National Park.

Then I'll be winding my way up through Jirisan, Byeonsanbando, and Taeanhaean National Parks, after which I will visit Odaesan and Seoraksan.

I will end my trip with a week in Seoul, but of course I will not be simply sight-seeing, oh no. Bukhansan will be my sixth and final National Park, albeit it will be located almost in the middle of the capital city...

A random assortment of photographs and illustrations

A few shroomy gems found on the trails near the organic farm at Evergreen

Goodyera oblongifolia
an orchid whose leaves are more striking than the actual flowers

Calypte anna 
this is the male who guards our neighbor's feeder

Brewer's Blackbird
iridescent green body and purplish head with a striking eye

Pectoral Sandpiper at the Evergreen beach

Eared Grebe

Common Loon

Downy Woodpecker

Illustration of an American Dipper seen along the Nisqually River at Yelm Creek

Left: Aconitum
Right: Gentiana

Hooded Merganser at Nisqually NWR

Impatiens capensis

Sitta canadensis

Aconitum spp 

Delphinium spp

One of my favorite illustrations: Xysticus spp