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17 4 Sooty Grouse

Sooty Grouse

by Anne Marie McCaffreyWashington, USA

Male Sooty Grouse

4 2 Sooty Grouse

Sooty Grouse

by Anne Marie McCaffreyWashington, USA

Female Sooty Grouse

1 1 Parrot's Beak

Parrot's Beak

by YukoChartrawWashington, USA

Found next to the creek in Mount

1 0 Spotting

Spotting

by mauna KunzahAshford, Washington, United States

These plants were 6" tall and spotted near several marmots.

7 3 Red Fox

Red Fox

by Anne Marie McCaffreyWashington, USA

"Red" Fox actually can have quite a variety of colors.

4 0 Common raven

Common raven

by mauna KunzahSunrise, Washington, United States

This large bird was seen scratching its head and beak against the asphalt. Very ...

2 2 Western Pasque Flower

Western Pasque Flower

by mauna KunzahWashington, USA

This small, hairy plant's leaves remind me of dill.

8 0 Conifer woodtuft

Conifer woodtuft

by mauna KunzahPackwood, Washington, United States

This mushroom has a smooth cap with a slightly glossy appearance. It has no ...

6 2 Deer fern

Deer fern

by mauna KunzahPackwood, Washington, United States

Its fertile fronds are distinguished by their thin leaflets. Native to multiple ...

3 0 Rainier pleated gentian

Rainier pleated gentian

by Brian38Washington, USA

Deep blue funnel shaped wildflowers with five petals. Aka as Mountain bog ...

5 0 White avalanche lily

White avalanche lily

by mauna KunzahLongmire, Washington, United States

White, drooping flowers with pointed petals that grow in partial shade. The ...

2 2 Silky Phacelia

Silky Phacelia

by mauna KunzahAshford, Washington, United States

Lavender-colored, fuzzy inflorescences with soft leaves (similar to Lamb's ear ...

1 0 Brown-rot fungus

Brown-rot fungus

by mauna KunzahPackwood, Washington, United States

Large polypore (6" or so) with a woody fruiting body somewhat reminiscent of ...

8 6 Columbian black-tailed deer

Columbian black-tailed deer

by mauna KunzahAshford, Washington, United States

The magical moment when a doe appears with her fawn in tow. Air temperature was ...

7 0 Red Fox

Red Fox

by allen.hoofWashington, USA

Fox, about 3 feet length overall.

0 0 American pipit

American pipit

by Brian38Washington, USA

Small songbird with gray upperparts that is lightly streaked. Light to buff ...

15 5 Hoary marmot

Hoary marmot

by Brian38Washington, USA

Large ground squirrel with a silvery gray body and a white muzzle.

13 7 Columbian black-tailed deer

Columbian black-tailed deer

by mauna KunzahAshford, Washington, United States

This stag and doe (along with the rest of their group) grazed on mountain forbs ...

3 2 Western terrestrial garter snake

Western terrestrial garter snake

by mauna KunzahWashington, USA

A thin snake emerged from a tree hole to bask for a few seconds in the ...

7 10 Sierra shooting star

Sierra shooting star

by mauna KunzahPackwood, Washington, United States

Striking magenta flowers with 6 petals punctuated by 6 green leaf parts. The ...

13 4 Steller's jay (coastal)

Steller's jay (coastal)

by mauna KunzahWashington, United States

The adult coastal morph/western-variety is distinguished by blue streaks on its ...

4 0 magenta paintbrush

magenta paintbrush

by Brian38Washington, USA

This wildflower is a perennial herb up to about 40 centimeters tall and coated ...

3 0 Mormon Fritillary

Mormon Fritillary

by Brian38Washington, USA

Speyeria mormonia is a small fritillary butterfly belonging to the family ...

0 0 Mountain goat

Mountain goat

by Brian38Washington, USA

This was a herd of twenty grazing in a large meadow. Several of them had found ...

1 0 Crust porpidia lichen

Crust porpidia lichen

by Brian38Washington, USA

A crustose lichen with a thin thallus that has an orange tinge. Apothecia - ...

2 0 Alpine yellow fleabane

Alpine yellow fleabane

by Brian38Sunrise, Washington, United States

A short-lived perennial in the daisy family. Native to the Cascade and Rocky ...

0 0 Hoary Marmot

Hoary Marmot

by ShawnAndersonPuyallup, Washington, USA

The hoary marmot has thick, silvery-gray fur on its head, shoulders and half of ...

1 0 Western pasqueflower

Western pasqueflower

by Brian38Washington, USA

A herbaceous plant species in the genus Anemone and family Ranunculaceae. A ...

8 2 American pika

American pika

by Brian38Washington, USA

Small relative to rabbits and hares. The American pika usually weighs about 170 ...

2 0 Indian basket grass

Indian basket grass

by Brian38Washington, USA

Tall thin erect stem (up to 150 cm) with compact white flowers on the top that ...

7 0 Edith's checkerspot

Edith's checkerspot

by Brian38Washington, USA

These are beautiful butterflies with black, orange and white markings. The ...

1 2 Violet webcap

Violet webcap

by AntónioGinjaGinjaBraga, Portugal

Cortinarius violaceus has a convex (becoming broadly convex, umbonate or ...

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