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Campanula rotundifolia
Campanula rotundifolia

Montia parvifolia
Montia parvifolia
Pedicularis oederi

Pedicularis oederi
Pedicularis oederi
Pedicularis verticillata

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Scutellinia scutellata
Stellaria longipes

Stellaria longipes
Stellaria longipes
Evacanthus grandipes

Evacanthus grandipes
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)

Puccinia on Galium aparine
Douglas Aster (Symphyotrichum subspicatus)
Douglas Aster (Symphyotrichum subspicatus)

Pectoral and Least Sandpipers
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)

Pectoral Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper

Totem Park Tideflat
Short-billed Dowitchers
Short-billed Dowitchers

Short-billed Dowitchers
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)

Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
Rowan Watching Birds
Rowan Watching Birds

Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Shorebirds in Flight
Shorebirds in Flight

Turnstones (Arenaria spp)
Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
Baneberry (Actaea rubra) in Fruit

Honey Mushroom (Armillaria ostoyae)
Honey Mushroom (Armillaria ostoyae)
Honey Mushroom (Armillaria ostoyae)

Seed Pod of Rooted Poppy (Papaver radicatum)
Seed Pod of Rooted Poppy (Papaver radicatum)
Seed Pod of Rooted Poppy (Papaver radicatum)

Seed Pod of Rooted Poppy (Papaver radicatum)
Rooted Poppy (Papaver radicatum)
Alpine Black Sedge (Carex nigricans)

Common Butterwort (Pinguicula vulgaris)
Slender Bog-orchid (Platanthera stricta) flowers
Blooming Broad-petalled Gentian (Gentiana platypetala)

Blooming Broad-petalled Gentian (Gentiana platypetala)
Gavan Hill Trail Damage
Blooming Kneeling Angelica (Angelica genuflexa)

Blooming Kneeling Angelica (Angelica genuflexa)
Blooming Fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium)
Blooming Fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium)

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Nootka Lupine (Lupinus nootkatensis)
Nootka Lupine (Lupinus nootkatensis)

Russula emetica
Russula emetica
Russula emetica

Suillus fuscotomentosus
Suillus fuscotomentosus
Suillus fuscotomentosus

Suillus fuscotomentosus
Suillus fuscotomentosus
Suillus fuscotomentosus

Fairy Thread (Macrotyphula juncea)
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Soil Centipede (Geophilomorpha)
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Giant Vetch (Vicia nigricans) Seedpods
View from Totem Park
Fresh Snow on Bear Mountain

Xylaria cornu-damae
Suillus umbonatus
Suillus umbonatus

Suillus umbonatus
Suillus umbonatus
Suillus umbonatus

Red-breasted Sapsucker Sign on Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis)
Red-breasted Sapsucker Sign on Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis)
Clouds

Totem Park Birds
Fall Color
Fall Color

Black Meddick (Medicago lupulina)
Black Meddick (Medicago lupulina)
Black Meddick (Medicago lupulina)

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Plovers (Pluvialis spp)

Plovers (Pluvialis spp)
Plovers (Pluvialis spp)
Golden Tree

Channel View
Verstovia Snow
Totem Park Red Algae

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Rockwell Lighthouse
Totem Park Tideflats

Totem Park Beach
Eastern Channel
Rainbow over Swan Lake

Starrigavan Estuary
Brown Lacewing
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)

Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
Chipping Sparrow (Spizella passerina)
Fall Color

Snow on Verstovia
Migrating Canada Geese
Fallen Leaves

Long-tailed Ducks (Clangula hyemalis)
Rhinocerous Auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata)
Rhinocerous Auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata)

Rhinocerous Auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata)
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Rowan and Habitat
Rowan and Habitat

Rowan and Habitat
Crescent Bay
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Billy Basin Bridge
Brown Bear Tracks

Brown Bear Tracks
Brown Bear Tracks
Crescent Harbor View

Indian River Trail
Mergansers
Northwestern Crow

Northwestern Crow
Northwestern Crow
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Snow Covered Sisters
Second Growth Habitat
Second Growth Habitat

Small White Mushroom
Small White Mushroom
Small White Mushroom

Mushroom and Habitat
Helvella elastica
Helvella elastica

Helvella elastica Habitat
Herald of Winter (Hygrophorus hypothejus)
Herald of Winter (Hygrophorus hypothejus) Habitat

Herald of Winter (Hygrophorus hypothejus) Habitat
Herald of Winter (Hygrophorus hypothejus)
Mushroom

Mushroom
Sidewalk Mushroom
Sidewalk Mushroom

Sidewalk Mushroom
Sidewalk Mushroom
Lincoln Street

Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel Remains
Helvella elastica
Helvella elastica

Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura)
Clouds

Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus)
Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus)
Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus)

Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus)
Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus)
Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus)

Rusty Blackbird (Euphagus carolinus)
Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)

Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)

Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus)
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Red Squirrel Sign

Red Squirrel Sign
Red Squirrel Sign
Large Mycena

Large Mycena
Large Mycena
Large Mycena

Large Mycena
Mycena Habitat
Mycena Habitat

The Pyramids
Ice
The Sisters and Swan Lake

Swan Lake Ice
Swan Lake and Sisters Composite
Yellow-stem Mycena

Yellow-stem Mycena
Yellow-stem Mycena
Mushroom Gills

Sealing Cove
Sunrise on Coast
Dawn on the Beach

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Pigeon Point Lighthouse
Surf Near Franklin Point

Looking for Tracks
Moon
Surf

Surf
Pamaps Grass at Sunset
Searching the Dunes

Dawn on the Dunes
Beach
Pigeon Point Lighthouse

Tracking
Dark Days
Dark Days

Habitat for Coral Fungi
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Rowan and Mushroom Log
Panellus longinquus
Panellus longinquus

Panellus longinquus
Panellus longinquus
Panellus longinquus Habitat

Panellus longinquus Habitat
Panellus longinquus Habitat
Connor on the Cross Trail

Connor on the Cross Trail
Connor on the Cross Trail
Connor on the Cross Trail

Connor and Rowan on the Cross Trail
Connor and Rowan on the Cross Trail
Clouds over SJC Quad

Golden Chanterelle (Cantharellus cibarius)
Yellow-billed Loon (Gavia adamsii)
Yellow-billed Loon (Gavia adamsii)

Yellow-billed Loon (Gavia adamsii)
Yellow-billed Loon (Gavia adamsii)
Yellow-billed Loon (Gavia adamsii)

Common Loon (Gavia immer)
Indian River Estuary View
Polypore

Polypore
Polypore
Polypore

Polypore
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Crescent Bay by Moonlight
Indian River Estuary
Moonlit Trail

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River Mouth View

River Mouth View
The Sisters
The Sisters

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Buck Rub
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Graphis scripta

Ribbon Icicle
Ribbon Icicle
Sunset

Song Sparrow Hedge
Song Sparrow Hedge
Icy Whiskers

Icy Whiskers
Needle Ice Formations
Needle Ice Formations

Needle Ice Formations
Needle Ice Formations
West Fork of Indian River

West Fork of Indian River
Clavulina sp
Clavulina sp

Clavulina sp
Clavulina sp
Northeast

East
Southeast
South

Southwest
West
Northwest

North
Icy Harbor
Kamenoi Anchorage Panorama

Kamenoi Point
View from Kamenoi Anchorage
Solstice Shadow

Deer Tracks
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Gulls
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Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)
Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)
Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)

Parmeliella triptophylla
Bucklandiella sudetica
Bucklandiella sudetica

Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus)
Mating Mallards

Mating Mallards
Porella Navicularis
Porella Navicularis

Thayer's Gull (Larus thayeri)
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Caddisfly Larva
Caddisfly Larva
Narcissus Anemone (Anemone narcissiflora)

Seacoast Angelica (Angelica lucida)
Seacoast Angelica (Angelica lucida)
Alpine Black Sedge (Carex nigricans)

Alpine Black Sedge (Carex nigricans)
Alpine Black Sedge (Carex nigricans)
White Mountain Heather (Cassiope mertensiana)

Pacific Hemlock-parsley (Conioselinum gmelinii)
Pacific Hemlock-parsley (Conioselinum gmelinii)
Connor takes a Break

Connor and Cedar
Connor and the Snow
Connor and the Snow Whale

Gymnomitrium obtusum
Gymnomitrium obtusum
Helvella crassitunicata

Helvella crassitunicata
Mertens' Rush (Juncus mertensianus)
Mertens' Rush (Juncus mertensianus)

Small-leaved Montia (Montia parvifolia)
Small-leaved Montia (Montia parvifolia)
Small Mushroom

Wedge-leaf Primrose (Primula cuneifolia)
American Saw-wort (Saussurea americana)
Fly (Sericomyia sp)

Fly (Sericomyia sp)
Fly (Sericomyia sp)
Fly (Sericomyia sp)

Mountain Hemlock (Tsuga mertensiana)
Pink Hygrophorus Habitat
Pink Muskeg Mushroom (Hygropohorus sp)

Pink Muskeg Mushroom (Hygropohorus sp)
Pink Muskeg Mushroom (Hygropohorus sp)
Pink Muskeg Mushroom (Hygropohorus sp)

Rowan on Lower Gavan Trail
Rowan on Lower Gavan Trail
Common Loon with Fish

Common Loon with Fish
Common Loon with Fish
Common Loon with Fish

Common Loon with Fish
Common Loon (Gavia immer)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)

Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)

Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)

Dunlin (Calidris alpina)
Connor on the Rocks
Connor on the Rocks

Connor on the Rocks
Mountains
Arnica (Arnica sp)

Arnica (Arnica sp)
Arnica (Arnica sp)
Arnica (Arnica sp)

Arnica (Arnica sp)
Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii)
Cackling Geese (Branta hutchinsii)

Cackling Geese (Branta hutchinsii)
Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii)
Cackling Geese (Branta hutchinsii)

Cackling Geese (Branta hutchinsii)
Cackling Geese (Branta hutchinsii)
Cackling Geese (Branta hutchinsii)

Deer Browse
Deer Browse
Deer Browse

Totem Park Views
Totem Park Views
Totem Park Views

Totem Park Views
Totem Park Views
Totem Park Views

Verstovia Trail View
Lincoln Street Pond
Colored Snow

Indian River
West Valley Spruce Trees
West Valley Spruce Trees

Rowan
Clouds
Polytrichastrum formosum

Polytrichastrum formosum
Brachythecium plumosum
Brachythecium plumosum

Pogonatum urnigerum
Pogonatum urnigerum
Pogonatum urnigerum

Pogonatum urnigerum
Sea Otter and Gull
Sea Otter and Gull

Swan Lake Ice
Sunlit Cloud
Sunrise over Totem Park

Sunrise over Totem Park
Tidepool Reflection
Starrigavan Estuary

View from the Ramp
Harbor Seal Tracks
Pacific Alkaligrass (Puccinellia nutkaensis)

Pacific Alkaligrass (Puccinellia nutkaensis)
Swan Lake Vegetation
Common Nipplewort (Lapsana communis)

Floating Pondweed (Potamogeton natans)
Variable Pondweed (Potamogeton gramineus)
Variable Pondweed (Potamogeton gramineus)

Common Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris)
Common Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris)
Common Groundsel (Senecio vulgaris)

Wooly Hawkweed (Hieracium triste)
Alpine Poppy (Papaver radicatum)
Alpine Poppy (Papaver radicatum)

Alpine Poppy (Papaver radicatum)
Alpine Poppy (Papaver radicatum)
Peltigera britannica

Peltigera britannica
Slender Bog-orchid (Platanthera stricta)
Yellow-flowere Sedge (Carex anthoxanthea)

Variegated Sege (Carex stylosa)
Variegated Sege (Carex stylosa)
Variegated Scouring-rush (Equisetum variegatum)

Variegated Scouring-rush (Equisetum variegatum)
Variegated Scouring-rush (Equisetum variegatum)
Gilled Polypore (Gloeophyllum sepiarium)

Gilled Polypore (Gloeophyllum sepiarium)
Gilled Polypore (Gloeophyllum sepiarium)
Three-flowered Rush (Juncus triglumis)

Three-flowered Rush (Juncus triglumis)
Lobaria retigera
Bull's Eye Lichen (Placopsis gelida)

Pseudocyphellaria Crocata
Wood Saxifrage (Saxifraga mertensiana)
Wood Saxifrage (Saxifraga mertensiana)

Wood Saxifrage (Saxifraga mertensiana)
Saltmarsh Starwort (Stellaria humifusa)
Saltmarsh Starwort (Stellaria humifusa)

Western Bittercress (Cardamine occidentalis)
Western Bittercress (Cardamine occidentalis)
Northern Single-spike Sedge (Carex scirpoidea)

Northern Single-spike Sedge (Carex scirpoidea)
Nephroma helveticum
Nephroma helveticum

Northern Bluegrass (Poa stenantha)
Western Gull (Larus occidentalis)
Western Gull (Larus occidentalis)

Western Gull (Larus occidentalis)
Feather Pile
Sitka Black-tailed Deer

Indian River High Water
Indian River High Water
Indian River High Water

Indian River High Water
Indian River High Water
Indian River High Water

Deer Tracks
Deer Tracks
Fox Sparrow

Fox Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Fox Sparrow

Varied Thrush
Clouds
Clouds

Clouds
West Fork Falls Tributary
Rocks on Snow

Rocks on Snow
West Fork of Indian River
West Fork of Indian River

West Fork of Indian River
West Fork Falls Tributary
Brown Lactarius

Large Fomitopsis
Large Fomitopsis
Large Fomitopsis

Crescent Bay at Sunset
Crescent Bay at Sunset
Crescent Bay at Sunset

Shell
Sunset from Lincoln Street Beach
Sunset from Lincoln Street Beach

Common Redpoll
Common Redpoll
Common Redpoll

Sitka Black-tailed Deer
Canada Geese
Common Redpoll

Common Redpoll
Variable Carpet Moth (Anticlea vasiliata)
Variable Carpet Moth (Anticlea vasiliata)

Variable Carpet Moth (Anticlea vasiliata)
Variable Carpet Moth (Anticlea vasiliata)

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