Patrick

@pjfc1600.bsky.social

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Worked in local, county and special district governance for 40 years. Ranger, Fire Captain, Resource Manager, and General Manager. Hobbies include reading, environmental studies, citizen science, hiking, backpacking, volunteer work and family time. No DM's

Cuckoo Bee sleeping on Narrowleaf Milkweed flower.
Honey Bee foraging during a thunderstorm while a Cuckoo Bee sleeps on the same plant.
California Tortoiseshell butterfly with open wings showing the beautiful orange color of its upper wings. It is on the ground gathering water from a spring in the hillside.
Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) sitting on a Serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia) branch at Lake of the Woods, Oregon. Very nice relaxing day next to the water
Phantom Orchid (Cephalathera austiniae) found in the Klamath Mountains of Oregon.
Valley garter snake in Sierra Nevada, California
Southern alligator lizard, Sierra Nevada foothills of California.
Bobcat in Sierra Nevada foothills of California
Sumatran Tiger, although this was taken in a zoo, the good that it has done to bring awareness to its plight is hard to overstate.
California red-legged frog in California bay tree Santa Cruz Mountains of California
Lick Refractor telescope
Lick Observatory, Mt. Hamilton, CA
President's Day 2025 protest in Ashland, Oregon.
California Newts in amplexus within Coyote Creek, Santa Clara County, California.
Abert Rim, eastern Oregon at sunset in the fall of 2024
SOU wins again
Grizzly Peak in the Cascade foothills east of Ashland Oregon
Sharp-shinned hawk in ornamental pear tree being dive-bombed by much smaller birds.
Icy rock face near Siskiyou Summit
The watchful eye of a Oak Titmouse in Ashland Oregon
Mt. Shasta, Northern California, east of Highway 5 near the town of Weed.
Southern Oregon University women's basketball.
Red skies in the morning.
Bear Creek Greenway, and Almeda Fire four years after devastating fire.
Kendra's having fun finding scat
Pileated woodpecker feeding ritual on Douglas fir in Olympia WA