During sound sleep deep in the night while staying at the Malheur Field Station last winter something whacked me on the forehead as if I had been struck a blow with a walking cane. And I heard an authoritative voice command, “Wake up!” The bedroom was as dark as midnight …
What is it? A botanist looking at the flower might say Helenium hoopesii, Dugalia hoopesii or Hymenoxys hoopesii depending on the age of the book they had been reading (name changes)… while an entomologist looking at the butterfly might hedge and say Fritillary, Speyeria ssp. but both might consider animal …
The Troutlake “Big Tree”: Do you know of any big trees? This Ponderosa Pine near Troutlake, WA, is a dandy. Ralph Anderson (in picture), using proper forestry technique, measured the circumference of this tree at 21 feet 10 inches. According to forestry technique the standard for measuring the lumber content …
A golden bodied bird with black and white wings and a florescent scarlet head flew up from beside the road and perched on the branch of a small tree, daring me to take its picture before it flew away. My camera was ready, lying in my lap, and the driver’s …
The male western meadowlarks were singing on Dalles Mountain and I intended to record their song. The day was sunny but a little windy for optimal recording conditions. The birds were popping up from ground cover and landing on fence posts or barbed wire and giving poses that were impossible …