Favoritos de beansbeans

Wild (I think) bird that flew into our garage.

Based on:
http://ento.psu.edu/extension/factsheets/galls-oak

and

http://bugguide.net/node/view/255247

Fungus or gall on elderberry

Black morph of an eastern gray squirrel. He is a good boy :3

Group of 4 racoons climbed tree in my presence while the mother scampered off to high grass near a pond.

We stopped at the White Pass overlook and my daughter made a mandala from some of the wildflowers there.

Caught as bycatch in a pitfall trap. Thankfully, it was alive, so I carefully released it after taking this picture.

roadside rescue

in cavity of tree as seen in first two photos along with presumed remains at base of tree in third photo

sierra wood fern?