Birds > Songbirds
Townsend’s Warbler (Setophaga townsendi) is a dazzling, vibrant Neotropical migrant that decorates the highest canopies of Pacific Northwest coniferous rainforests like a living golden jewel. Named in honor of 19th-century naturalist John Kirk Townsend, adult...
Plants > Trees
The Golden Chinquapin (Chrysolepis chrysophylla), also celebrated as the Giant Chinquapin, is an exquisite, glowing evergreen member of the beech family (Fagaceae) native to the Pacific coastal forests of North America. Renowned for the breathtaking golden sheen of...
Birds > Songbirds
The Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius) is the quintessential musical voice of the Pacific Northwest’s dripping, moss-draped temperate rainforests. Renowned for its haunting, otherworldly song—a single, long, eerie vibrating whistle followed after a pause by another...
Plants > Trees & Shrubs
The Pacific Madrone (Arbutus menziesii), known in Canada as the Arbutus, is the largest and most magnificent broadleaf evergreen tree native to North America. Famous for its smooth, chartreuse under-bark that reveals itself when its paper-thin cinnamon-red outer bark...
Amphibians > True Frogs
The Oregon Spotted Frog (Rana pretiosa) is the most aquatic native frog in the Pacific Northwest, spending virtually its entire adult life immersed in perennial, shallow marshlands. Characterized by its upturned eyes, dark irregular spots with light centers, and...
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