Saturday, December 1, 2012

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

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