Birds, Fungi, Moths, and More September 27, 2012September 23, 2012 by matt goff [Show slideshow] Cumulus clouds billow in the skies behind Rockwell Lighthouse as seen from downtown Sitka. Cortinarius traganus Pacific Golden-Plover California Gull Herring Gull (left) and California Gull (right) California Gull California Gull Slaty-backed Gull eating salmon Slaty-backed Gull with Glaucous-winged Gull Slaty-backed Gull Thayer's Gull, Slaty-backed Gull (or hybrid?), and Thayer's Gull False chanterelle (Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca) growing from an alder catkin (hard to believe so much mushroom came out of such a little source) Bird's nest fungus (Nidula candida) growing out of a spruce cone core (scales presumably had been removed by a squirrel) Western Sandpiper Ceranemota fasciata Epirrita autumnata Epirrita autumnata Share this:ShareFacebookTwitter