Female or juvenile male. Loves thistle seeds and is very small. Scares easily. Pairs of Lesser Goldfinches are monogamous.
Found outside Hansee dorm on UW campus. Evergreen shrub. Leaves spirally arranged on tall stem. 8 sections to each palmately lobed leaf. Flowers in the late autumn.
I saw this tree by Hall Health on UW Seattle campus. It has very large and thick ovate leaves.
Female or juvenile male. Loves thistle seeds and is very small. Scares easily. Pairs of Lesser Goldfinches are monogamous.
You can't see it well in the photo because of the unfortunate position of the shadow, but the tail is almost black, with two thick white stripes on it. However, in a close-up it looks like there is an outer layer of scales missing from the tail, so the dark color may simply be uninformative.
Nice big snake under a piece of plywood known for its 'snaky-ness'. Lots of young of the year Sceloporus occidentalis about on the trails.