Mount Rainier

Birding Mount Rainier National Park

August 22, 2011
Corey
Trips
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“Of all the fire mountains which like beacons, once blazed along the Pacific coast, Mount Rainier is the noblest in…

Hoary Marmot (Marmota caligata) at Mount Rainier

August 17, 2011
Corey
Mammals
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Hoary Marmots, also called Whistle Pigs, inhabit rocky areas near the treeline in northwestern North America up into Alaska. Their…

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Clark’s Nutcracker Nucifraga columbiana

August 14, 2011
Corey
Birds
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Clark’s Nutcracker, sometimes called the Crow Woodpecker, will always be paired with Lewis’s Woodpecker, the woodpecker that acts like a…

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Mighty Mount Rainier

March 25, 2005
Mike
Trips
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Feeling thoroughly refreshed well before sunrise, an unhappy but not unexpected result of the time difference between the East and…

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