Biggest mushroom by volume I’ve ever seen! I wonder how many millions of spores I helped it spread?! #mushrooms #oface #puff (at Lake Forest, Illinois) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrwCwMdAKVV/...
There’s nothing better than a perfect sunset on an empty beach! #sunset #puremichigan (at Ontonagon, Michigan)
Sunset paddle with my lady (at Ontonagon, Michigan)
One of my hawk buddies having a nice evening dinner of freshly caught song bird. A field-to-tree meal if you will. #idahome #predator #fieldtotree #backyard #nomnom (at Boise, Idaho)
COOPERS HAWK PERCHED IN MY APPLE TREE I have a family of 4 “baby” coopers hawks in the yard, it’s been amazing to see them grow up! (Boise, Idaho - 7/2018)
I was absolutely blown away to find this many calypso orchids growing together - doesn’t get much prettier does it?! #idahome #wildflowers #orchid (at McCall, Idaho)
Perched Lazuli Bunting. One species down for “larks birds” project! #idahome #thisisboise #perched (at Boise, Idaho)
The rain brings magic to the land! How the wet forest tugs at my heart…but alas, the computer in my home office tugs harder. #mushrooms #idahome #kindapurple (at Boise, Idaho)
Found a cute garter snake that recently ate a meal in the yard this morning!
I love lupine, and I especially like how varied the bloom colors are around here. In California they were much more uniform.
I couldn’t believe I found these lilies in the Boise foothills on a nice after work pedal. I’m used to seeing them in wet plains later in the year, not in a solitary clump. Fun! (at Boise, Id...
Hey everybody, spring is happening!! (at Boise, Idaho)
One of the most beautifully colored and textured living things on earth - Gomphus clovatus (aka Pig’s Ear)
My favorite lichen (Ramalina menziesii?) - I don’t understand how it can grow in this pattern and I don’t want to know, mysteries are good sometimes! (at Fairfax, California)
One of my favorite nature finds ever - I spotted this huge golden chanterelle from a few hundred feet out and found a cute ensatina hiding underneath! (at Russian Gulch State Park)
Happy little mushroom family and redwood sorrel (at Mendocino, California)
Oh mushrooms, how I missed you! (at Mount Tamalpais State Park)
Enormous puff mushroom I found on this unreal “spring” day! (at Hulls Gulch Reserve)
Boise Foothills are mighty pretty! (at Hulls Gulch Nature Trail)
Boise River looking serene on a foggy morning. (at Boise, Idaho)