Mountain lion in snow
Black bear and cub
Where we choose to live speaks volumes about who we are. That’s especially true of the wildlife sanctuary where Intrepid Guy and I live. After more than a decade in this space, we continue to coexist with the natives.
Weasel, lover of eggs
Except for a few aggressive yellow jackets, no critters have been harmed during this sojourn and, by enhancing our landscape, more have benefited. We minimize disruptive interactions and remain courteous. In retrospect, human exchanges prove much more challenging.
Please enjoy this pictorial view of a few striking critters in our ‘hood.
Red-tail hawk landing
Deer in silhouette
Flock of wild toms
Immoderate Blue Grouse Male
Coyote eyes
Young Kestrel
Mountain goat
Osprey with fish
Goshawk
Bald eagle
Janine Donoho 
Jul 27, 2015 @ 13:39:09
Did you take all these pictures? I am so impressed. As a nature photographer in the Pacific Northwest, I found Northwest Trek to be a photographer’s paradise, but when I see amazing nature in my local wild, it is usually long gone before I can capture a great shot.
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Jul 27, 2015 @ 18:50:46
Many are my shots, heavy on the zoom. Others are carefully sifted from G+ images and representative of what I see here, but am too captivated to photograph. There are times when the camera can come between the experience and the shot, don’t you think?
However once, when confronting a young cougar that had just pounced toward my IG, my hands were simply too full of pepper spray and my 9 mm. Luckily, a stern demeanor and definitive expletives chased him off, so no animal was harmed, including moi. He was glorious, though.
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Jul 29, 2015 @ 18:32:16
I agree that sometimes the camera can come between the experience and the shot! Today, I was reading outside and looked up to see a squirrel hanging by her feet and stretching out to pick a cherry plum just over my head. I had never seen the eight teets of a lady (momma?) squirrel before. My body wanted to run for my camera so badly, but I knew if I did, I would miss the experience and she would be gone.
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