Steve Harrell
@steveharrell.bsky.social
Retired professor, unretired ethnographer, polyglot, part-time climate activist, occasional contrarian. Taiwan, China, and Whatcom County--Post mostly plants, mountains, energy transition. Occasionally political snark.
Islands and fog (and a ship) from the Fragrance Lake trail viewpoint today:
January 2, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Islands and fog (and a ship) from the Fragrance Lake trail viewpoint today:
Squalicum Harbor on a bright last day of 2025:
December 31, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Squalicum Harbor on a bright last day of 2025:
December 31, 2025 at 6:28 PM
#Bellingham #Forests 2025, LAST DAY:
Forests through the seasons: Pearly Everlasting, July and December.
Forests through the seasons: Pearly Everlasting, July and December.
December 31, 2025 at 6:25 PM
#Bellingham #Forests 2025, LAST DAY:
Forests through the seasons: Pearly Everlasting, July and December.
Forests through the seasons: Pearly Everlasting, July and December.
December 31, 2025 at 6:24 PM
#Bellingham #Forests 2025, Day 364:
Through the dead of winter, kinnikinnick (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, or Beargrape beargrape) stays a very saturated green:
One day to go...
Through the dead of winter, kinnikinnick (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, or Beargrape beargrape) stays a very saturated green:
One day to go...
December 30, 2025 at 11:41 PM
#Bellingham #Forests 2025, Day 364:
Through the dead of winter, kinnikinnick (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, or Beargrape beargrape) stays a very saturated green:
One day to go...
Through the dead of winter, kinnikinnick (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi, or Beargrape beargrape) stays a very saturated green:
One day to go...
#Bellingham #Forests 2025, Day 363:
This is the time of year when red alder (Alnus rubra) shows both old female and young male catkins.
This is the time of year when red alder (Alnus rubra) shows both old female and young male catkins.
December 29, 2025 at 11:33 PM
#Bellingham #Forests 2025, Day 363:
This is the time of year when red alder (Alnus rubra) shows both old female and young male catkins.
This is the time of year when red alder (Alnus rubra) shows both old female and young male catkins.
#Bellingham #Forests 2025, Day 362:
The magic of telephoto--now I that my camera is fixed and I'm not limited to iPhone photography. Golden Ears (left) and Robie Reed (right) loom above Squalicum Harbor and the urban forest along West Holly St, seen from Boulevard Park.
The magic of telephoto--now I that my camera is fixed and I'm not limited to iPhone photography. Golden Ears (left) and Robie Reed (right) loom above Squalicum Harbor and the urban forest along West Holly St, seen from Boulevard Park.
December 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
#Bellingham #Forests 2025, Day 362:
The magic of telephoto--now I that my camera is fixed and I'm not limited to iPhone photography. Golden Ears (left) and Robie Reed (right) loom above Squalicum Harbor and the urban forest along West Holly St, seen from Boulevard Park.
The magic of telephoto--now I that my camera is fixed and I'm not limited to iPhone photography. Golden Ears (left) and Robie Reed (right) loom above Squalicum Harbor and the urban forest along West Holly St, seen from Boulevard Park.
December 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
It was even bigger on Christmas Day:
December 26, 2025 at 7:35 PM
It was even bigger on Christmas Day:
#Bellingham #Forests 2025, Day 360
All the years walking in Whatcom Falls Park, I never noticed spruce before:
All the years walking in Whatcom Falls Park, I never noticed spruce before:
December 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
#Bellingham #Forests 2025, Day 360
All the years walking in Whatcom Falls Park, I never noticed spruce before:
All the years walking in Whatcom Falls Park, I never noticed spruce before:
#Bellingham #Forests 2025, Day 359:
Someone used pickings from the forest to make an impromptu #Ornament on the fence by the catwalk above the drainage ponds. How many species can you identify? And Merry Christmas, someone!
Someone used pickings from the forest to make an impromptu #Ornament on the fence by the catwalk above the drainage ponds. How many species can you identify? And Merry Christmas, someone!
December 25, 2025 at 4:38 PM
#Bellingham #Forests 2025, Day 359:
Someone used pickings from the forest to make an impromptu #Ornament on the fence by the catwalk above the drainage ponds. How many species can you identify? And Merry Christmas, someone!
Someone used pickings from the forest to make an impromptu #Ornament on the fence by the catwalk above the drainage ponds. How many species can you identify? And Merry Christmas, someone!
#Bellingham #Forests 2025, day 358:
By Christmas Eve, the windstorms had finally blown the alders bare.
By Christmas Eve, the windstorms had finally blown the alders bare.
December 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
#Bellingham #Forests 2025, day 358:
By Christmas Eve, the windstorms had finally blown the alders bare.
By Christmas Eve, the windstorms had finally blown the alders bare.
December 23, 2025 at 3:48 PM
#Bellingham #Forests 2025, Day 356:
Still adorning our clearcuts at almost-Christmastime. You can tell you pearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea) got its name:
Still adorning our clearcuts at almost-Christmastime. You can tell you pearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea) got its name:
December 22, 2025 at 6:20 PM
#Bellingham #Forests 2025, Day 356:
Still adorning our clearcuts at almost-Christmastime. You can tell you pearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea) got its name:
Still adorning our clearcuts at almost-Christmastime. You can tell you pearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea) got its name:
#Bellingham #Forests 2025, Day 355:
In snowy places, they have mud season when the snow melts in spring. On the Samish Crest trails, we just have mud season all winter.
In snowy places, they have mud season when the snow melts in spring. On the Samish Crest trails, we just have mud season all winter.
December 21, 2025 at 11:07 PM
#Bellingham #Forests 2025, Day 355:
In snowy places, they have mud season when the snow melts in spring. On the Samish Crest trails, we just have mud season all winter.
In snowy places, they have mud season when the snow melts in spring. On the Samish Crest trails, we just have mud season all winter.
And there is another one just upstream!
December 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
And there is another one just upstream!
December 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
December 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
December 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
#Bellingham #Forests 2025, Day 351:
The look of mixed forests in winter: bare alders against dark evergreens.
The look of mixed forests in winter: bare alders against dark evergreens.
December 17, 2025 at 3:49 PM
#Bellingham #Forests 2025, Day 351:
The look of mixed forests in winter: bare alders against dark evergreens.
The look of mixed forests in winter: bare alders against dark evergreens.
This little critter has been hanging out most of the day so far. Looks undersized, so I wonder if it’s lost its mother, but on the other hand looks very healthy.
December 16, 2025 at 8:42 PM
This little critter has been hanging out most of the day so far. Looks undersized, so I wonder if it’s lost its mother, but on the other hand looks very healthy.
December 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
December 15, 2025 at 10:31 PM
December 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM