Barn in the Snoqualmie Valley just south of Carnation, Washington. One of my favorite barns in the valley.
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Barn in the Snoqualmie Valley just south of Carnation, Washington. One of my favorite barns in the valley.
Cherry Blossoms along the Snoqualmie River in Fall City, Washington
Cherry Blossoms along the Snoqualmie River in Fall City Washington
Beautiful morning in Carnation, Washington
Cherry Blossoms along the Snoqualmie River in Fall City Washington
Cherry Blossoms along the Snoqualmie River in Fall City, Washington
The view out the window before a beautiful sunshine filled morning in Carnation Washington
Barn in just north of Carnation in Washington’s Snoqualmie Valley. The storm was moving off to the east and the late afternoon light bathed the barn,
Barn in rtghe Snoqualmie Valley of Washington just south of Carnation. One of my favorite barns in the valley.
A photogenic and authenic looking western saloon located in Fall River, a town along the Snoqualmie River in King County, Washington.
Wapiti, aka Elk, graze in a field on Carnation farm in the upper Snoqualmie Valley of Washington. European settlers in North America called these animals "elk" which is a word usually used in Europe for a moose. This causes some confusion among some European visitors. The other name used for elk is wapiti which is a Shawnee word which means "white-rumped deer" or "white deer". North American wapiti are actually a close relative of the red deer (Cervas elaphus). Red deer and North American elk were once considered by biologist subspecies of C. elaphus. Because DNA studies in the early 2000s revealed differences, many biologists now separate them into two species, North Amrican elk now are called Cervas canadensis, however, Cervas. elaphus is still in use as a species name for North American elk. There are 2 subspecies of C. canadensis recognized in the state of Washington, Rocky Mountain Elk ( Cervas canadensis nelsoni and Roosevelt Elk (Cervus canadensis roosevelti).
Roosevelt elk were indigenous to the Snoqualmie Valley. Early settlers hunted them to near extinction by the early 1900’s. So in 1913 the Seattle Elk Club raised funds and introduced a small heard of Rocky Mountain elk that were brought in from Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming. The heard grew and prospered till the very cold winter of 1945. Many elk died and others were rescued and removed. The herd was mostly gone. But a few survivors of both Rocky Mountain and Roosevelt elk were left in the forested areas. By the 1990’s elk became a common sight in the valley again. Reportedly 400-450 elk make up the population of the herd in the Snoqualmie Valley.
Notice the small flock of Canada geese (Branta canadensis) in the lower left-hand corner of the photo.
Vegetation reflecting in a pond at Chinook Bend Natural Area just to the northeast of the town of Carnation, Washington. The natural area lies in the floodplain of the Snoqualmie River in King County.