by Maria Metler | Feb 13, 2023
Please register to attend here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lichen-walk-island-center-forest-tickets-514362531177 Join naturalist Hannah Morosoff for an enchanting exploration of the lichen of Shinglemill Creek. This family-friendly (2-mile maximum) walk will meander...
by Kathryn True | Nov 26, 2022 | blog, Wildlife Sightings
The visiting Acorn Woodpecker. Photo credit: Jim Diers An acorn woodpecker has been hanging around the old Misty Isle Farms airstrip at SW 232nd Street since Nov. 2. For the nonbirder, this information might result in a shrug, but to the birding community on Vashon...
by Bianca Perla | Oct 28, 2022
Join naturalist Hannah Morosoff for an enchanting exploration of the fungi of Frog Holler Forest. This family-friendly (2 mile maximum) walk will meander through the forest trails. You will be led by the fungi present that day and learn about their names and lives....
by Bianca Perla | Oct 22, 2022 | blog, Wildlife Sightings
Elwood, the young male Northern elephant seal in Tramp Harbor this fall. Credit: Jim Diers For almost everyone living in the Pacific Northwest over the past century, Northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) are not considered a common sight. But, over the...
by Kathryn True | Oct 7, 2022 | blog
The blue frog is out there…somewhere. Photo credit: Jim Diers The blue frog is my holy grail. Ever since learning that the Northern Pacific tree frog (Pseudacris regilla) can on the rarest of occasions turn up sky blue in color, I have been on the lookout for this...
