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Cougar “Puma concolor”  Adult males can be 8 or more feet long from nose to the tip of their tail and weigh 130 to 150 pounds.  Females are approximately 7 feet long and 90 to 110 pounds.  Home ranges are 15 to 45 square miles and they generally travel 5 or 6 miles when they are out hunting.  Reportedly they can a vertical leap of 20 feet from a standing start.  In the Pacific Northweat, they are generally seen in mountainous areas.  Photo:  The Oregon Zoo in Portland, OR  5/20/2007

Roosevelt Elk “Cervus elaphus” Bulls are 8-10 feet long, 4-5 feet tall at the shoulder and weigh between 800-1200 pounds.  This big fellow was still in rut and was willing to stand his ground.  Photo:  N.W. Trek near Eatonville, WA just west of Mt Rainier 11/06/2007

Moose “Alces alces” Height: 6 to 7 feet. Weight: Males 900- 1500 pounds and females 600 – 800 pounds. This is a moose from Alaska that I saw at Northwest Trek near Eatonville, Washington. I am told that a male moose must be vasectomized if they leave the state. Photo: Northwest Trek 11/14/2009

Bobcat “Lynx rufus” Length 30″. Weight 15 to 20 pounds. Found throughout the Oregon and Washington. The cat on the left has a fish and the other one would like to share but it didn’t. Photo: N.W. Trek just West of Eatonville, Wa. 11/05/2006

California Sea Lion “Zalophus californianus” Males are up to 8′ long and 1,000 lbs. The females are up to 6′ and 600 lbs. The sea lions are trying to get at a fish frozen in a “fishsicle” bobbing in the water on a strap. This little boy walked up just as I was getting ready to take my picture but as it turns out, he is the picture. Photo: The Oregon Zoo in Portland, Or 9/30/2005

Townsends’s Chipmunk “Tamias townsendii”  Length 9-12 inches and a weight  of 3-5 ounces.  Distinguished from ground squirrels by the white stripes on the face. Photo:  Headwaters of the Metolius River just west of Sister’s Oregon.  6/29/2007

Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel (Spermophillus lateralis)  Length 9 to 11 inches and 5 to 13 ounces.  There is a golden mantle extending from the head down over their shoulders.  They have a white stripe bordered by two black stripes running along their back but no stripes on the face (distinguishing them from chipmunks). Found  in the Cascade Mts and in Eastern Or.  Photo:   Near Camp Sherman just West of Sisters, Or  6/10/2009

Gray Wolf “Canis lupus”  Length about 4.5′ long, tail 1′ long, weight 60-100 lbs. Wolves were originally wide spread in Western Or. and in N. E. Or. but they were completely eradicated about 75 years ago.  Photo:  Northwest Trek near Eatonville, Wa. 11/05/2006

Belding Ground Squirrel “Spermophilus belding”.  I was lying on my stomach taking a close up of a wildflower and this little guy (about 10″) came up to see what I was up to.  I took his picture and he squeaked at me and found something else to do.  Photo: Zumwalt Prairie in N.E. Oregon.  6/07/2007

Coyote “Canis latrans”   Photo:  Northwest Trek near Eatonville, Wa.  11/06/2007