A grab bag collection of wildlife not in my other galleries from Olympic National Park.
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Snowfield
While much of the snow had already melted from Hurricane Ridge when we visited in June of 2004, there were still large patches here and there, especially in areas that didn't get as much sunlight. This little chipmunk was hunting for food in the old snow that remained near this section of the Hurricane Hill Trail.
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Sign of Sanity
My wife and I escaped the crowds of the Hall of Mosses Trail and walked down the lovely Hoh River Trail. When you spend time photographing something as common as a squirrel at a place as special as the Hoh Rain Forest, some of the other tourists look at you with a mixture of curiosity and pity, as though you're either slightly mad or slightly a moron.
Both of which might be true, but I enjoy photographing squirrels and will do it no matter where I am, especially species like this one that I see less often. |
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Rotting Luck
A female hairy woodpecker works a rotting log for bugs, I came across her near the Hoh Rain Forest Visitor Center on the western side of the park. She was hammering into the log pretty hard but there was too little light to freeze her motion, so I waited until she paused to take her portrait.
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