Celebrating Earth Day with wild scenes from Southwest Washington
Mount Adams looms in the distance from the Woodland Bottoms area along the Columbia River in early April.
Photo by Cade Barker
A common garter snake looks for prey in a backyard habitat in north Clark County earlier in April.
Photo by Cade Barker
The East Fork Lewis River winds its way through the rocky environment downstream from Lucia Falls on Monday, April 21.
Photo by Cade Barker
A common raven finishes up an eastern cottontail rabbit carcass in a Clark County neighborhood earlier in April. The common raven marks the 73rd bird species photographed as part of The Reflector’s “Road to 100: Photographing the bird species of Southwest Washington.
Photo by Cade Barker
A line of storm clouds pass over north Clark County skies in early April.
Photo by Cade Barker
An osprey sits on its nest along Dike Road in the Woodland Bottoms in early April.
Photo by Cade Barker
A pair of mature native plants, western skunk cabbage, left, and a ladyfern grow in a bog at Lucia Falls Regional Park surrounded by choking English ivy on Monday, April 21.
Photo by Cade Barker
A stream violet grows in a backyard habitat in north Clark County on Earth Day, Tuesday April 22.
Photo by Cade Barker
A grouping of native shooting star flower species grow in a backyard habitat in north Clark County on Earth Day, Tuesday April 22.
Photo by Cade Barker
A common garter snake peeks out of its home in a backyard habitat in north Clark County earlier in April.
