RHH's photos with the keyword: deception pass state park

These fungi, Red-banded Polypores, are so common in our area that we seldom stop to photograph them. They are often found with these secretions, however, and that always makes them more interesting. I've tasted the secretions (these fungi are not poisonous) and they are completely tasteless as far as I can tell. That fits with the explanation given below. The process of producing these drops is called "guttation." A friend here on Ipernity, Fizgig, explained it thus: "This is a great example of a process called Guttation --- a term used in botany to describe the process by which plants excrete excess water through drops from their leaves. For some mushrooms, like the Red-Banded Plolypore, this is so common that it is a reliable identification feature." This example was photographed at Goose Rock in Deception Pass State Park.

This is the beach along Deception Pass, the narrow channel separating Whidbey Island from Fidalgo Island. The view looks west from the pass out into Rosario Strait. We had hiked around the the small peninsula from our campground in Deception Pass State Park and from here went up to the bridge that crosses Deception Pass. ronaldhanko-orchidhunter.blogspot.com/2012/09/deception-p...

On our school camping trip last spring we camped in Deception Pass State Park near Cranberry Lake, a small freshwater lake that is separated from the ocean by a very narrow strip of land. This was taken late in the day along the shore of the lake. ronaldhanko-orchidhunter.blogspot.com/2012/09/deception-p...

The Deception Pass bridge was built 1934-1935 to connect Fidalgo and Whidbey Islands. It is two lanes and is part of Washington state Route 20. There are actually two spans over Canoe Pass and Deception Pass which are separated by Pass Island which provides a connection between the spans. At the highest point it is 180 feet above the water and is more than a quarter mile long. The bridge was built at a cost of about $500,000 and cost more to paint now than it did to build it. It is an important landmark here in the Pacific Northwest and a popular tourist destination. There are walkways on both sides of the bridge and trails leading up onto Goose Rock and other scenic areas near the bridge. This is actually the north part of the bridge, the Canoe Pass bridge, but both together are usually referred to as the Deception Pass bridge. ronaldhanko-orchidhunter.blogspot.com/2012/09/deception-p...

I believe this is the Sweetbriar Rose, Rosa eglanteria, a European native that has naturalized in low elevation areas in the western part of our state. It was photographed near Cranberry Lake in Deception Pass State Park. I am not sure, however, that I have the ID correct on this and am willing to be corrected. ronaldhanko-orchidhunter.blogspot.com/2012/09/deception-p...

I'll be posting some pictures from a camping trip we made with a school group last spring to the area of Deception Pass. I've posted a few pictures from that trip but have some more that I need to post and want to post because they remind me that spring and summer are coming again, though too slowly for me. This was taken at a beach near our campground. ronaldhanko-orchidhunter.blogspot.com/2012/09/deception-p...

Another sunset photo from our camping trip to Deception Pass State Park last spring. ronaldhanko-orchidhunter.blogspot.com/2012/09/deception-p...

Found and photographed this in Deception Pass State Park last spring on a school camping trip. It reminds me of spring and of how eager I am to be out hiking again, but it is not a perfect picture. I was struggling with low light, a strong breeze and lenses that were fogging when I took the picture. The Western Spotted Coralroot is Corallorhiza maculata var. occidentalis, and is distinguished from the more common form by the rounded lip. It is leafless and without chlorophyll and obtains its nutrients from rotting material in the soil via a symbiotic relation with a fungus.

This was photographed in Deception Pass State Park on the back bumper off our vehicle. It is not the greatest photo, though the photo has captured something of its iridescence. Thanks to Barbol for the ID. The beetle is quite common in the Pacific Northwest, according to all accounts, and is attracted to injured and fallen trees. It is considered to be a pest in most of its range for the damage it does. ronaldhanko-orchidhunter.blogspot.com/2012/09/deception-p...