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Biggest mushroom by volume I’ve ever seen! I wonder how many millions of spores I helped it spread?! #mushrooms #oface #puff (at Lake Forest, Illinois) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrwCwMdAKVV/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=191fcllqlbb7y

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There’s nothing better than a perfect sunset on an empty beach! #sunset #puremichigan (at Ontonagon, Michigan)

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Sunset paddle with my lady (at Ontonagon, Michigan)

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One of my hawk buddies having a nice evening dinner of freshly caught song bird. A field-to-tree meal if you will. #idahome #predator #fieldtotree #backyard #nomnom (at Boise, Idaho)

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Coopers Hawk Perched in My Apple Tree

I have a family of 4 “baby” coopers hawks in the yard, it’s been amazing to see them grow up!

(Boise, Idaho - 7/2018)

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I was absolutely blown away to find this many calypso orchids growing together - doesn't get much prettier does it?! #idahome #wildflowers #orchid (at McCall, Idaho)

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Perched Lazuli Bunting. One species down for "larks birds" project! #idahome #thisisboise #perched (at Boise, Idaho)

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The rain brings magic to the land! How the wet forest tugs at my heart...but alas, the computer in my home office tugs harder. #mushrooms #idahome #kindapurple (at Boise, Idaho)

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Found a cute garter snake that recently ate a meal in the yard this morning!

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I love lupine, and I especially like how varied the bloom colors are around here. In California they were much more uniform.

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I couldn't believe I found these lilies in the Boise foothills on a nice after work pedal. I'm used to seeing them in wet plains later in the year, not in a solitary clump. Fun! (at Boise, Idaho)

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Hey everybody, spring is happening!! (at Boise, Idaho)

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One of the most beautifully colored and textured living things on earth - Gomphus clovatus (aka Pig's Ear)

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My favorite lichen (Ramalina menziesii?) - I don't understand how it can grow in this pattern and I don't want to know, mysteries are good sometimes! (at Fairfax, California)

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One of my favorite nature finds ever - I spotted this huge golden chanterelle from a few hundred feet out and found a cute ensatina hiding underneath! (at Russian Gulch State Park)

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Happy little mushroom family and redwood sorrel (at Mendocino, California)

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Oh mushrooms, how I missed you! (at Mount Tamalpais State Park)