Sage Beach

Common Mergansers (Mergus merganser) are apparently able to fend for themselves before they can fly.

Common Mergansers (Mergus merganser)

A Bald Eagle made a pass at the small group of young mergansers.

In a well-timed maneuver, the young mergansers all went under together, then popped up and scooted sideways.

Following the progress of this fungus.

Meadow Barley (Hordeum brachyantherum)

It looks like a cone started to form but did not finish on this Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis) branch.

Goosetongue (Plantago maritima)

Soldier Beetle (Silis sp)

Northern Star-flower (Trientalis europaea)

Carex buxbaumii observed growing from rock crevices in splash zone at Sage Beach.

Observed growing in low spot above rocks on Sage Beach.

Mertens' Sedge (Carex merensii) observed at edge of rocky shore on Sage Beach.

Fly (Diptera sp) observed on flowers of Cow Parsnip (Heracleum maximum)

Bitter Dock (Rumex obtusifolius)

Flower Fly (Sericomyia sp) observed feeding on Cow Parsnip (Heracleum maximum) flowers near Totem Park.

Ulota phyllantha observed growing on rocks at Sage Beach.

Xanthorida candelaria observed growing on Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis) at the edge of rocky shore at Sage Beach.