Wednesday, August 24, 2022

Along the Washington & Oregon Coast

 

Full Sturgeon Supermoon setting over the Pacific Ocean at
South Beach, Olympic National Park in Washington.

Trails at the Hoh River in Olympic National Park

The Rain Forest has Maple, Hemlock, Sitka Spruce and Douglas Fir
all bedecked in moss.

Trail of Mosses

Banana Slug

Ribbon Snake

Fox Glove common roadside flower

Wilson's Warbler

Chestnut-backed Chickadee

Rough Hedge Nettle

Bird's-foot Treefoil

South Beach - Olympic National Park at low tide

Many large stumps, all washed up!

Band-tailed Pigeons on driftwood

Posing for a close-up

Olympic rabbit - small & dark pelage

Hoh River

Sooty Grouse

Feeding on flower heads along the road

Look out Grouse! Preditor coming.  Bobcat 

Glacier till from the Olympic Mountains color the river a beautiful aqua.

Quinault National Forest Waterfall

We were watching the falls and an American Dipper flew toward us to feed.

This unique bird actually walks on the bottom of the stream under water for insects

Large Maple leaf in the rain forest - 12 inches across

A large Sitka Spruce fell across the trail and had to be cut.
The diameter was six feet high with approximately 430 rings.

Walked the Quinault Ranger Station Trail early in a light rain.
These Roosevelt Elk were resting and chewing cud.

This Bull Elk is probably the head of the harem

This Bull likely a future competitor.


Semipalmated Plover

Dungeness Crab

Sand Dollar

Black-bellied Plovers still sporting breeding plumage

Ecola Head in Oregon, our first of many State Parks along the coast

Oregon Junco singing

Depoe Bay, fog cleared for a photo

Oregon Dunes, miles and miles of sand along the Pacific

Some of the Dunes were over 100 feet high.

Dark Red Squirrel in the dark conifer forest.

Ever present, noisy Steller's Jays

A West Coast specialty, Wrentit.

Wrentit in Blackberry patch, pishes in close.
(Photographer eating many Blackberries!)

Salamanders inhabit this cold, springfed creek at Honey Bear RV.

California Quail covey, four adults and seven chicks, early morning visitors.

Cock in full regalia, 

Next up - California!
Love & Prayers,
Ty & Ida Baumann













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