The moon is not made of green cheese on December 23, 2020 craters moon Olympia Sunset December Waxing Gibbous + Winter craters moon Olympia Sunset December Waxing Gibbous Winter
Giving Thanks on November 25, 2020 2020 family holiday Thanksgiving + tradition 2020 family holiday Thanksgiving tradition
Invasive on October 01, 2020 berries Bird blackberry +5 Bombycilla cedrorum Cedar waxwing Deschutes River invasive nightshade songbird Tumwater Historical Park berries Bird blackberry Bombycilla cedrorum Cedar waxwing Deschutes River invasive nightshade songbird Tumwater Historical Park
Appreciation on September 16, 2020 band bird banding Caspian Tern +1 North American Bird Banding Program Olympia USGS Wildlife band bird banding Caspian Tern North American Bird Banding Program Olympia USGS Wildlife
Purple Martin juveniles - Not quite ready to leave the nest on August 10, 2020 East Bay nest box Nesting nesting box Olympia Purple Martin + Stream Team East Bay nest box Nesting nesting box Olympia Purple Martin Stream Team
30 seconds of light and water on August 01, 2020 light Olympia reflections +1 reflections and refractions Water WET Science Center light Olympia reflections reflections and refractions Water WET Science Center
Take a walk on the wild side on July 03, 2020 Columbia lily detail Grass Lake +13 Holodiscus discolor Lilium columbianum macro Monotropa uniflora Native northwest Ocean spray Olympia Park plant Salal strawberry summer understory yarrow Columbia lily detail Grass Lake Holodiscus discolor Lilium columbianum macro Monotropa uniflora Native northwest Ocean spray Olympia Park plant Salal strawberry summer understory yarrow
It's the Water... and a lot more on June 22, 2020 Bird East Bay environment Fishing +6 forage fish Great Blue Heron Moxlie Creek Olympia stewardship Stormwater Water water quality Watershed Bird East Bay environment Fishing forage fish Great Blue Heron Moxlie Creek Olympia stewardship Stormwater Water water quality Watershed
Rituals are everything on June 16, 2020 behavior Bird Caspian Tern Female fish Male Olympia presentation ritual + Spring behavior Bird Caspian Tern Female fish Male Olympia presentation ritual Spring
Science is in the Numbers on June 08, 2020 bird banding Birds Caspian Tern +5 citizen science counting data monitoring nest box Purple Martin science Stream Team bird banding Birds Caspian Tern citizen science counting data monitoring nest box Purple Martin science Stream Team
NOMB - Not on My Beach on June 01, 2020 bald eagle Beach behavior Bird +8 Caspian Tern Crow defend interaction mob mobbing Nesting season Olympia Puget Sound raptor Swantown territory bald eagle Beach behavior Bird Caspian Tern Crow defend interaction mob mobbing Nesting season Olympia Puget Sound raptor Swantown territory
Thimbleberries and Bees on May 19, 2020 Bee bees Flower Native Plant +4 Pacific Northwest pollination pollinator Rubus parviflorus thimbleberry video white Bee bees Flower Native Plant Pacific Northwest pollination pollinator Rubus parviflorus thimbleberry video white
Learning something new - poetry in motion on May 06, 2020 Bird Birds Caspian Tern +9 Double-crested Cormorant Flying Gull in flight motion Olympia Osprey pair Puget Sound Purple Martin soaring Washington Bird Birds Caspian Tern Double-crested Cormorant Flying Gull in flight motion Olympia Osprey pair Puget Sound Purple Martin soaring Washington
New housing construction - large penthouse version on April 27, 2020 Bird Colaptes auratus excavating +6 excavation Female flicker Male nest Northern red-shafted flicker snag Spring Tumwater Washington woodpecker Bird Colaptes auratus excavating excavation Female flicker Male nest Northern red-shafted flicker snag Spring Tumwater Washington woodpecker
New housing construction - tiny condo version on April 27, 2020 alder bark Bird +5 black-capped chickadee close-up hole lichen nest Poecile atricapillus snag Spring Tumwater Washington alder bark Bird black-capped chickadee close-up hole lichen nest Poecile atricapillus snag Spring Tumwater Washington