Photos from a bike trip up the lake on the Empire trails today:
Upper end of Spirit Lake with Velguth Island...
New bridges at Birch Creek on the trail, done by local HS students...
May 2 Another trip up on the bike trails and logging roads, M41 towards Blanchard... Older
part of Spirit Lake--the pale trees are maples in the city park area,
the teapot water tower is at the top, some Maine Street businesses are
visible to the right, obscured by the tall firs that hide our pottery
shop.
Nashville warbler
Loveliest display of Columbia Virgin's bower (wild clematis) that I've ever seen, found along the logging road... This one shows the whole town, and a bit of the Mill pond, with the mountains to the east.
May 6
Camas
Spirit Lake from Maiden Rock, looking towards Mt. Spokane
wild phlox
Dwarf waterleaf
Lost Lake May 17 We made a quick trip to the Oregon coast this week, from Lincoln City south to Cape Perpetua: Red Crossbill wrentit, Cape Lighthouse
Whimbrel
Jellyfish ( a lot of dead ones nearby)
sea lions on sea lion dock, Newport
Pacific Loon
Brown pelicans
Pelicans cruising the breaking waves
anemones
Periwinkle with acorn and gooseneck barnacles and mussels
hermit crab
Orange crowned warbler (identified by call, by Merlin)
Tadpoles in many puddles along the littoral fringe (where fresh water morphs towards salt water)
Seals at Strawberry Hill State Park
The
view from the vista lodge area at Cape Perpetua, showing the major
attractions including the spouting horn and devil's churn... wild irises
Female yellowheaded blackbird, Sprague Lake Washington...
Books read
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett--more thoughtful than the title might indicate...
Nashville warbler
