Below are images compiled in one of the many photo galleries illustrating our blog, Musings From Paradise. Click on any photo and then sweep through the collection (or use your keyboard’s arrow keys). More Albums

"Black Phoebe (© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Lyn Newbry Transect",

"Red-winged Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Lyn Newbry Transect",

"Tree Swallow (© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Lyn Newbry Transect",

"Downy Woodpecker (© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Lyn Newbry Transect",

"American Goldfinch (© Nick Viani) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Lyn Newbry Transect",

"Northern Mockingbird (© Nick Viani) White City Lagoon",

"Northern Harrier (© Nick Viani) White City Lagoon",

"Golden-crowned Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Ashland Pond",

"Golden-crowned Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Ashland Pond",

"Yellow-rumped Warbler - Audubon Warbler (© Nick Viani) Ashland Pond",

"Yellow-rumped Warbler - Audubon Warbler (© Nick Viani) Ashland Pond",

"Yellow-rumped Warbler - Audubon Warbler (© Nick Viani) Ashland Pond",

"Yellow-rumped Warbler - Audubon Warbler (© Nick Viani) Ashland Pond",

"Hutton's Vireo nesting (© Nick Viani) Oredson-Todd Woods, Ashland",

"Hutton's Vireo nesting (© Nick Viani) Oredson-Todd Woods, Ashland",

"Lesser Goldfinch (© Nick Viani) Oredson-Todd Woods, Ashland",

"Lewis's Woodpecker (© Nick Viani) Agate Lake County Park",

"Lewis's Woodpecker (© Nick Viani) Agate Lake County Park",

"Acorn Woodpecker Granary (© Nick Viani) The Eagle Point Totem Pole at Eagle Point Golf Course was carved by George Gulli, Sr., and his son, George Gulli, Jr.–owners of Gulli & Son Totem Poles in Victor, Montana",

"Acorn Woodpecker Granary (© Nick Viani) The Eagle Point Totem Pole at Eagle Point Golf Course was carved by George Gulli, Sr., and his son, George Gulli, Jr.–owners of Gulli & Son Totem Poles in Victor, Montana",

"Agate Lake & Mt. McLoughlin (© Nick Viani) - home of the elusive Lewis's Woodpecker.",

"House Finch (© Nick Viani) TouVelle State Recreation Area",

"Downey Woodpecker (© Nick Viani) TouVelle State Recreation Area",

"Tree Swallow (© Nick Viani) TouVelle State Recreation Area",

"Gentner Fritillaria (© Nick Viani) Jacksonville Woodlands",

"Scarlet Fritillaria (© Nick Viani) Jacksonville Woodlands",

"Nashville Warbler (© Nick Viani) Jacksonville Woodlands",

"Nashville Warbler (© Nick Viani) Jacksonville Woodlands",

"White-breasted Nuthatch (© Nick Viani) Jacksonville Woodlands",

"Great Gray Owl (© Nick Viani) Keno Access Road, High Mountain Lakes, OR",

"Great Gray Owl (© Nick Viani) Keno Access Road, High Mountain Lakes, OR",

"Great Gray Owl (© Nick Viani) Keno Access Road, High Mountain Lakes, OR",

"American Flamingos (© Nick Viani) San Diego Zoo.",

"Andean Cock-of-the-Rock (© Nick Viani) San Diego Zoo, Tropical evergreen forests of So. America",

"Andean Cock-of-the-Rock (© Nick Viani) San Diego Zoo, Tropical evergreen forests of So. America",

"African Pygmy Goose (© Nick Viani) Open wetlands of central Africa, San Diego Zoo",

"Sunbittern (© Nick Viani) San Diego Zoo",

"Black-spotted Barbet (© Nick Viani) Floodplains and forests of South America, San Diego Zoo",

"Grosbeak Starling (© Nick Viani) Sumatra Indonesia, San Diego Zoo",

"African Penquin (© Nick Viani) San Diego Zoo",

"Southern Carmine Bee-eater (© Nick Viani) San Diego Zoo",

"Namaqua Dove (© Nick Viani) Open areas of Africa Arabia and Madagascar, San Diego Zoo",

"White-fronted Bee-Eater (© Nick Viani) Woodlands of southern Africa",

"White-fronted Bee-Eater (© Nick Viani) Woodlands of southern Africa, San Diego Zoo",

"Blue-headed Wood-Dove (© Nick Viani) Lowland forests of central Africa, San Diego Zoo",

"Emerald-spotted Wood-Dove (© Nick Viani) San Diego Zoo, Woodlands and coastal forests of eastern Africa",

"Red-Billed Firefinch (© Nick Viani) San Diego Zoo, Acacia thorn bush of sub-Saharan Africa",

"White-headed Buffalo-weaver (© Nick Viani) Dry brush and savanna of eastern Africa, San Diego Zoo",

"White-bellied Go-Away-Bird (© Nick Viani) Horn of Africa into Sudan and Tanzania, San Diego Zoo",

"Red-Cheeked Cordon-Bleu (© Nick Viani) Grasslands of central Africa, San Diego Zoo",

"Magpie Mannikin (© Nick Viani) San Diego Zoo",

"Golden-breasted Starling (© Nick Viani) San Diego Zoo, Savanna and brush of the Horn of Africa",

"Golden-breasted Starling (© Nick Viani) San Diego Zoo, Savanna and brush of the Horn of Africa",

"Golden-breasted Starling (© Nick Viani) San Diego Zoo, Savanna and brush of the Horn of Africa",

"Taveta Golden Weaver (© Nick Viani) San Diego Zoo. Kenya & Tanzania, Swampy lowlands and bush",

"Taveta Golden Weaver (© Nick Viani) San Diego Zoo. Kenya & Tanzania, Swampy lowlands and bush",

"Taveta Golden Weaver (© Nick Viani) San Diego Zoo. Kenya & Tanzania, Swampy lowlands and bush",

"White-headed Buffalo-weaver (©Nick Viani) Dry brush and savanna of eastern Africa, San Diego Zoo",

"Violet-backed Starling (© Nick Viani) San Diego Zoo",

"Splendid Sunbird (© Nick Viani) Dry savannas of central Africa, San Diego Zoo",

"Cuban Grassquit (© Nick Viani) San Diego Zoo, Scrubs & Grasslands",

"Green-backed Trogon (© Nick Viani) Forests in Central & South America",

"Screaming Piha (© Nick Viani) Humid forests of the Amazon Basin, San Diego Zoo",

"Screaming Piha female (© Nick Viani) Humid forests of the Amazon Basin, San Diego Zoo",

"Violaceous Euphonia (© Nick Viani) Forests of eastern South America, San Diego Zoo",

"Wattled Jacana (© Nick Viani) eastern Bolivia to Argentina, the Guianas, Trinidad, San Diego Zoo",

"Green-backed Trogon (© Nick Viani) Forests in South America, San Diego Zoo",

"Pompadour Cotinga female (© Nick Viani) Humid forests of South America, San Diego Zoo",

"Pompadour Cotinga (© Nick Viani) Humid forests of South America, San Diego Zoo",

"Spotted Tanager (© Nick Viani) Central & South America, San Diego Zoo",

"Swallow Tanager (© Nick Viani) Forests in South America, San Diego Zoo",

"Bananaquit (© Nick Viani) American tropics particularly West Indies, San Diego Zoo",

"Purple Honeycreeper (© Nick Viani) Forest canopy of South America, San Diego Zoo",

"American Flamingos (© Nick Viani) San Diego Zoo.",

"American Flamingos (© Nick Viani) San Diego Zoo.",

"Completed nest - Taveta Golden Weaver",

"Golden-crowned Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Ashland Ditch Trail, Paradise Lane",

"White-crowned Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Wood River Wetlands, Klamath Falls",

"Bald Eagle - juvenile (© Nick Viani) Wood River Wetlands, Klamath Falls",

"Ruby-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) Ditch Trail, Ashland, OR",

"Cassin's Vireo (© Nick Viani) Ditch Trail, Ashland, OR",