June 2010 - Island Nature

Blue-eyed Grass at South Beach

One of the plants that I’ve been trying to photograph for years is Shore Blue-eyed […]

National Wildlife FederationField Guide to Insects and Spiders of North AmericaArthur V. EvansSterling Publishing CompanyPaperback497 pages2007 […]

It is a short 800 meter boardwalk through some of the most surreal “Dr. Seuss-like” […]

Yesterday evening I headed down to Halfmoon Bay in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve to […]

I took advantage of the last couple of days of passable weather on the west […]

I enjoy the South Beach Trail in Pacific Rim National Park Reserve and the number […]

For those interested in botany and unusual plants it is often necessary to get off […]

In my last post I wrote about Arrow-leaved Balsamroot, the most obvious flower in bloom […]

On windy days when the Mud Bone is grounded (our converted river boat doesn’t take […]

One of the signature plants of the Okanagan is the Arrow-leaved Balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sagittata). This […]