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May 2013 (2)
- 16: Gopher Snake (1)
- 07: Chocolate Lily (Fritillaria affinis) (2)
April 2013 (2)
- 30: Yellow-headed Blackbird (0)
- 05: Night Train Millipede (Harpaphe haydeniana) (4)
March 2013 (2)
- 19: Behind-the-Scenes Tour of The Burke Museum’s Herpetological Collection (5)
- 11: Early-blooming Wildflower: Grass Widow (12)
February 2013 (3)
- 27: Fir-cone Mushroom (Strobilurus trullisatus) (2)
- 17: What’s So Great About Waterfalls? (7)
- 10: Western Sandpiper (0)
January 2013 (2)
- 27: Beard Lichens (3)
- 12: Wintering Waterfowl in the Willamette Valley (2)
December 2012 (2)
- 16: Rubber Boa (8)
- 02: Spotted Owl (3)
November 2012 (2)
- 12: The Neglected Pacific Lamprey (4)
- 06: Lobster Mushroom (3)
October 2012 (2)
- 25: Salmon Migrating up the Klickitat River (4)
- 04: Tiger Beetle (1)
September 2012 (3)
- 27: Beautiful Time-lapse Imagery of Pacific Northwest Landscapes (3)
- 22: Western Anemone (4)
- 01: How to Tell the Difference Between a Chipmunk and a Ground Squirrel (4)
August 2012 (4)
- 25: Upland Larkspur – Delphinium nuttallianum (3)
- 21: A Non-native Katydid (3)
- 14: The Painted Hills (0)
- 04: Black Cottonwood (1)
June 2012 (2)
- 23: Western Painted Turtle (16)
- 09: Bumble Bees and Camas (4)
May 2012 (3)
- 31: Oxalis oregana (7)
- 10: Douglas Squirrel (11)
- 06: Tom McCall Preserve in Late April (0)
April 2012 (2)
- 17: Columbia Desert Parsley (6)
- 04: Stink Bugs (7)
March 2012 (2)
- 11: Indian Plum (9)
- 03: Anna’s Hummingbird in Winter (6)
February 2012 (1)
- 20: Gray Jay (8)
January 2012 (5)
- 29: Urban Moss (8)
- 21: Squirrel Appreciation Day (4)
- 17: A Foggy Day at Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge (4)
- 09: Snowberry (6)
- 02: Larch Mountain Salamander (4)
December 2011 (2)
- 22: Indian Pipe (4)
- 09: Coho Salmon Spawning in Eagle Creek (5)
November 2011 (3)
- 27: Boxelder Bugs (8)
- 18: Poison in the City: The Fly Amanita Mushroom (6)
- 12: The American Pika (6)
October 2011 (5)
- 28: Anna’s Hummingbird in Autumn (12)
- 25: Hanging by a Thread (11)
- 18: Fall, Leaves, Fall (5)
- 13: Sturgeon Rock (3)
- 04: The Red-legged Frog (Rana aurora) (12)
September 2011 (5)
- 29: The American Dipper (3)
- 13: Wildflower: White Bog-orchid (3)
- 11: The Smoke-Shrouded Moon (5)
- 05: Places I Went in My First Year as a Nature Blogger (0)
- 04: 1 Year Anniversary! (9)
August 2011 (5)
- 27: The Sundew (2)
- 23: Two Desert-Dwelling Lizards of Southeast Oregon (3)
- 15: Osprey Nest (1)
- 09: Essential Gear for the Naturalist (3)
- 04: Sandhill Cranes at Camas Prairie (7)
July 2011 (5)
- 28: The Scourge of Poison Oak (11)
- 14: Mayflies Think My Car is Awesome (5)
- 11: Mickey Hot Springs (4)
- 08: Wildflower: Scarlet Fritillary (1)
- 05: The Yellow-bellied Marmot (5)
June 2011 (6)
- 27: Glacial Erratics: Rafted Rocks of the Ice Ages (2)
- 23: Book Review: Kidnapping the Lorax, by Patricia K. Lichen (3)
- 21: Wy’East on the Summer Solstice (1)
- 20: The Rain Shadow Effect in the Pacific Northwest (5)
- 13: Western Tent Caterpillars (11)
- 03: A Quote from Jack Kerouac (2)
May 2011 (8)
- 31: The Ensatina Salamander (6)
- 27: Wildflower: Red-flowering Currant (8)
- 24: What I mean when I say, ‘Naturalist’ (16)
- 19: Wildflower: Angled Bittercress (1)
- 17: The Oregon Badlands Wilderness (4)
- 13: Trapdoor Spider Attack! (9)
- 10: The Ecological Value of Snags (3)
- 02: Book Review: The Northwest Nature Guide, by James Luther Davis (0)
April 2011 (5)
- 27: Wildflower Wednesday: Desert Shooting Star (3)
- 26: Urban Wildlife in the Pacific Northwest (9)
- 20: Wildflower Wednesday: Broad-Leaved Starflower (5)
- 18: The Importance of Being Flooded (4)
- 11: Sapsuckers and Pitch Blisters (3)
March 2011 (7)
- 30: Wildflower: Grass Widow (5)
- 28: How to Go Night-Driving for Amphibians (4)
- 23: Illustration: Snag with Pileated Woodpeckers (12)
- 16: Wildflower Wednesday: Mountain Monkey-flower (0)
- 14: Crayfish in the Northwest (21)
- 09: Wildflower Wednesday: Sea Blush (7)
- 07: Six Months of Blogging (6)
February 2011 (9)
- 28: My Bigleaf Maple Tree in February (1)
- 23: Wildflower Wednesday: Skunk Cabbage (6)
- 21: The Western Red-Backed Salamander (6)
- 16: Wildflower Wednesday: Kalmiopsis leachiana (1)
- 14: The Great Backyard Bird Count – Feb 18-21 (0)
- 13: Harbingers of Spring (5)
- 09: Wildflower Wednesday: Marsh Marigold (4)
- 07: Book Review: The Restless Northwest, by Hill Williams (2)
- 02: Wildflower Wednesday: Redwood Sorrel (2)
January 2011 (6)
- 31: Mixed-Species Bird Flocks (18)
- 24: Snowshoe Hares and Snowshoe Humans (4)
- 18: The Great Northwest Exhibit at the Oregon Zoo (4)
- 10: Giant Pacific Octopus (13)
- 06: The Tree Year begins (13)
- 03: Hiking the Lower Deschutes River in Winter (5)
December 2010 (7)
- 27: Budding in Plants (5)
- 21: Winter Activities: Visit a Natural History Museum (3)
- 15: Animal Tracking at Catherine Creek, Washington (3)
- 12: 5 More Extremes of Nature in the Pacific Northwest (9)
- 09: Book Review: The Good Rain, by Timothy Egan (0)
- 06: Winter Activities: Whale Watching (2)
- 02: Winter Activities: Birdwatching (0)
November 2010 (4)
- 24: Winter Activities: Snowshoeing and Cross-country Skiing (5)
- 14: How Animals Survive the Winter in Northwest Mountains (9)
- 08: The Disastrous La Niña of 1955 (3)
- 03: Rainy Day Hike to Angel’s Rest in the Gorge (0)
October 2010 (5)
- 31: How to Avoid and Survive Attacks by Large Mammals (1)
- 21: Mushroom Hunting on the Oregon Coast (3)
- 16: 10 Extremes of Nature in the Pacific Northwest (5)
- 10: Rivers of Washington and Oregon Infographic (1)
- 03: Green to Red: Fall Foliage in the Pacific Northwest (3)
September 2010 (5)
- 27: Fungus Festivals: Mushroom Season is Here (1)
- 22: I Brake for Newts (4)
- 17: The Pacific Northwest is likely to get an extra shot of rain-spattered gloom this winter (0)
- 14: What is the Pacific Northwest? (0)
- 07: It Begins with Rain (0)

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Hi, I'm Ivan. I am passionate about nature in the Pacific Northwest and eager to share with you what I have learned about this fantastic region. I'm a naturalist to the core and a biologist by profession. I finished my Ph.D. degree in Zoology at Oregon State University and now I live in the coolest city on the planet: Portland, Oregon.
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