Willapa Bay is the second largest marine estuary on the west coast with over 260 square miles of water surface. The largest estuary is San Francisco Bay. As I…
When someone recently asked me what my favorite wildlife refuge is my reply was “whichever one I am visiting”. I could also say “whichever one I am writing about”. That…
Ahhhh, Dungeness Spit…The graceful curve of this land that stretches out into the Strait Of Juan de Fuca is the longest natural sandspit in the United States. The spit is…
I seem to be in a black and white phase lately which feels a bit odd with spring color popping all around me. But if that is what is inspiring me…
Another title to this post could be white on white with a little black. We don’t get snow very often in the lowlands on the west side of the Cascades…
This is not the kind of snow that first comes to mind. This is a Snowy owl that I had the extreme pleasure of interacting with up close and personal…
I was on a camping trip to the Southern Oregon coast and stopped in Bandon, Oregon, which is a very charming place for a variety of reasons. (More about this…
I spent a morning at Damon Point near Ocean Shores on the WA coast a couple of weeks ago. It is 61 acres of beach, dune grasses and a few…
Along with the fast growing vegetation in the spring comes birds announcing their arrival with their song. Some just traveling through, others here for the summer. Their rich and varied…
A Celebration Of Wonder 