a feast for one

Taken at the Bonneville Fish Hatchery earlier this summer.

hold it together

I may be mistaken, but I think that is Mt. Shasta in the background. If not that particular peak, then it's there somewhere. Possibly.

alpine chipmunk

What is this chubby little chipmunk doing so high up in the mountains?

history, naturally

Seeds of plant life*, poisonous frogs**, floating frogs***, and a mini solar system--just a dibble of what the awesome American Museum of Natural History has to offer.

*the Hall of Biodiversity
**poison dart frogs from South America
***the Chinese gliding frog