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Summer Wonders

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Leather Star
Leather Star
Ladybird beetle (c)SPegany
Ladybird beetle (c)SPegany
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Tiger swallowtail butterfly
Tiger swallowtail butterfly
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Midshipman on the beach
Midshipman on the beach
Hairy hermit crab - look for white band on walking legs.
Hairy hermit crab – look for white band on walking legs.
Mottled sea star
Mottled sea star
Trillium blossom
Trillium blossom
Robin on nest
Robin on nest
Lion's mane jellyfish
Lion’s mane jellyfish
Cockle
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Deer fern unfurling
Deer fern unfurling
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Pacific fritillary
Pacific fritillary
Ocher Sea Star
Lewis moon snail
Lewis moon snail
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Painted lady butterfly (c)SPegany
Painted lady butterfly (c)SPegany

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    • Arthropods – “Jointed Legs”
      • Barnacles
        • Acorn Barnacle
        • Little Brown Barnacle
        • Thatched or Haystack Barnacle
      • Crabs
        • Black-Clawed Shore Crab
        • Bluehand or Blueband Hermit Crab
        • Graceful Crab
        • Graceful Kelp Crab
        • Grainyhand Hermit Crab
        • Hairy Hermit Crab
        • Hairy Shore Crab
        • Northern Kelp Crab
        • Purple Shore Crab
        • Red Rock Crab
      • Shrimp, Isopods and Amphipods
        • Dock Shrimp
    • Cnidaria
      • Jellies
        • Lion’s Mane Jelly
        • Moon Jelly
      • Sea Anemones
        • Aggregated Green Anemone
        • Giant Green Anemone
        • Giant Plumose Anemone
        • Moonglow Anemone
        • Painted Anemone
        • Short Plumose Anemone
        • Stubby Rose Anemone
    • Echinoderms
      • Sea Cucumbers
        • Orange Sea Cucumber
        • Stiff Footed Sea Cucumber
      • Sea Stars
        • Blood Star
        • Brittle Star
        • Common or Ochre Sea Star
        • Giant Pink Star
        • Leather Star
        • Mottled Sea Star
        • Sunflower Sea Star
      • Urchins and Sand Dollars
        • Eccentric Sand Dollar
    • Eggs on the Beach!
    • Fish
      • Plainfin Midshipman
      • Tidepool Sculpin
    • Marine Worms
      • Northern Feather Duster Worms
      • Red Ribbon Worm
      • Red-Trumpet Calcareous Tube Worm
    • Mollusks
      • Abalone, Limpet, Snails
        • Black Turban Snail
        • Dogwinkle Snails
        • Lewis Moon Snail
        • Limpets
        • Purple Olive
      • Bivalves
        • Nuttall’s Cockle
        • Pacific Blue Mussel
        • Pacific Oyster
      • Chitons
        • Black Katy Chiton
        • Giant Pacific Chiton
        • Mossy Chiton
        • Unidentified Chiton
      • Sea Slugs
        • Barnacle Eating Dorid
        • Opalescent Nudibranch
        • Sea Lemon
        • Shaggy Mouse Nudibranch
        • Striped Nudibranch
  • Where to Find Birds in Kitsap County
  • Wonder Watch – Early Summer

My Secret Life of Plankton

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFQ_fO2D7f0&vl=en

Why are So Many Sea Stars Dying?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPSFdjvES_Y

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Category: Woodland Plants

Menagerie of Mosses
Lowland Forest, Mosses, Winter, Woodland Plants

Menagerie of Mosses

Poulsbo, WA – I love walking January’s chilly forest. Winter solstice has quietly passed and the woodlands are resting before … Continue reading Menagerie of Mosses

Things Unseen – Hidden Forest Gems
Lowland Forest, Pollinators, Rhizomes, Spring, Wildflowers, Woodland Plants

Things Unseen – Hidden Forest Gems

Things Unseen is a special series of posts to get you and the people where you live thinking about the … Continue reading Things Unseen – Hidden Forest Gems

Stinging Nettle – Ouch!
Edible Plants, Spring, Woodland Plants

Stinging Nettle – Ouch!

Poulsbo, WA – The woodland trails are beckoning.  Winter’s mucky remnants are drying up and the woodland backdrop is filling … Continue reading Stinging Nettle – Ouch!

Pacific Bleeding Heart
Rhizomes, Wildflowers, Woodland Plants

Pacific Bleeding Heart

Poulsbo, WA – There is nothing quite like spring in the Pacific Northwest.  After months of rain, wind and dreary … Continue reading Pacific Bleeding Heart

Bigleaf Maple
Trees, Woodland Plants

Bigleaf Maple

Bainbridge Island, WA – The forest can be an interesting place after a blustery wind storm.  Downed limbs open up … Continue reading Bigleaf Maple

Forest Campgrounds
Insects, Lowland Forest, Spring, Woodland Plants

Forest Campgrounds

Poulsbo, WA – Last June, we arrived back in Washington and began to notice June’s unique collection of nature treasures. … Continue reading Forest Campgrounds

Skunks in the Woods!
Rhizomes, Woodland Plants

Skunks in the Woods!

Bainbridge Island, WA – Most of us easily recognize the distinct odor of an unhappy skunk.  It is a smell … Continue reading Skunks in the Woods!

Trillium Spring
Rhizomes, Woodland Plants

Trillium Spring

Bainbridge Island, WA – Wonder Tracker has migrated north for the spring and summer seasons.  As we bid the Sonoran … Continue reading Trillium Spring

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