© Paul Conrad/Pablo Conrad Photography A Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) waits patiently for a fish along Whatcom Creek in Bellingham, Wash., near the Maritime Heritage Museum.
© Paul Conrad/Pablo Conrad Photography Whatcom Falls in Whatcom Falls Park in Bellingham, Wash.
© Paul Conrad/Pablo Conrad Photography The cloud ensconced northern Cascade Range create a backdrop for a barn near the intersection of Aldrich and Smith Roads north of Belligham, Wash.