This image of a recently deceased juvenile Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) was found on Hope Island, Mason County, WA on August 15, 2015. Although it was sad to see this individual motionless on the wrack line & under… Read More

This White-tailed Ptarmigan (Lagopus leucura) is showing the camouflage that it is (in)famous for below Echo Rock in Mt. Rainer National Park over the 4th of July weekend. This wasn’t the only exciting vertebrate spotted in the greater… Read More

A sculpin (Cottus spp) observed in Trap Creek, a tributary of the Willapa River in Pacific County, Washington on June 17th, 2015. Photo by Eric Lund, who really doesn’t want to be one of “those folks who can… Read More

A Pacific chorus frog (Psudacris regilla) floats in the shallows of a pond near Mt Saint Helens, WA (pictured in the background of the full image – click here ) on May 2nd, 2014. The pond is one… Read More

From left to right: Rose colored Van Dyke’s salamander (Plehodon vandykei), Western Red-backed salamander (Plethodon vehiculum), and yellow phase P. vandykei. All were observed in close proximity to one another along a tributary of the upper Chehalis River… Read More

This yellow-bellied racer (Coluber constrictor) was photographed at Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Washington on March 18th, 2015 by Teal Waterstrat. The racer was observed alongside this garter snake den:

Kayleigh Mullen, sporting her new SNVB jacket and proudly showing off her first plethodontid capture, a Dunn’s salamander (Plethodon dunni) on February 28th, 2015. Kayleigh was part of a group from Central Washington University that stopped along the… Read More

Surprise sunrise on the Columbia River looking towards Mount Hood from Vancouver, WA on January 6th, 2014. Photo by Eric Lund.

This American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) was overlooking the Willamette River near the Union Pacific Railroad bridge in North Portland, Oregon on December 6th, 2014. Photo by Eric Lund. We will surely put a bird on our Portland meeting… Read More

Nov 11, 2014: A cold, sunny paddle along the west coast of Fidalgo Island, Skagit County, Washington with good friends and naturalists Curtis Thompson (pictured) and Peter Frey provided opportunities to see numerous birds, including marbled murrelets, oyster… Read More