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
updated 11/14: Kinglet, Gnatcatcher, Dipper, Wheatear, Bluethroat, Dusky Warbler, Arctic Warbler, Wrentit
![Golden-crowned Kinglet, Yaak, MT]()
![American Dipper (© Nick Viani)]()
![American Dipper (© Nick Viani)]()
!["American Dipper (© Nick Viani) Lithia Park, Ashland, OR",]()
![American Dipper (© Nick Viani) Deschutes River, Bend, OR]()
![Ruby-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) TouVelle State Recreation Area]()
!["Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani 8/20/24) Wild Cat Campground, Hyatt Lake",]()
!["Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani 8/19/24) Wild Cat Campground, Hyatt Lake",]()
!["Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani 8/19/24) Wild Cat Campground, Hyatt Lake",]()
!["Wrentit (© Nick Viani 8/13/24) Upper Flores Creek, Langlois, OR",]()
!["Wrentit (© Nick Viani 8/13/24) Upper Flores Creek, Langlois, OR",]()
!["Wrentit (© Nick Viani 8/13/24) Upper Flores Creek, Langlois, OR",]()
!["American Dipper (© Nick Viani) Little Hyatt Lake Reservoir",]()
!["American Dipper (© Nick Viani) Little Hyatt Lake Reservoir",]()
!["Wrentit (© Nick Viani) Camping along the Siltcoos River, Waxmyrtle Campground (near Florence, OR)",]()
!["Wrentit (© Nick Viani) Camping along the Siltcoos River, Waxmyrtle Campground (near Florence, OR)",]()
!["Ruby-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) Ditch Trail, Ashland, OR",]()
!["Ruby-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani 3/5) Backyard Birds, Paradise Lane",]()
!["Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (© Nick Viani) Misión San Javier, BCS, Mexico",]()
!["Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (© Nick Viani) Jacksonville Woodlands trail system.",]()
!["Ruby-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani 4/3) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Scouting the Lynn Newbry transect.",]()
!["Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani 3/18) Wood River Wetlands (vicinity), Klamath Falls, OR",]()
!["Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani 3/18) Wood River Wetlands (vicinity), Klamath Falls, OR",]()
!["Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani 3/18) Wood River Wetlands (vicinity), Klamath Falls, OR",]()
!["Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani 3/18) Wood River Wetlands (vicinity), Klamath Falls, OR",]()
!["Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani 3/18) Wood River Wetlands (vicinity), Klamath Falls, OR",]()
!["Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani 3/18) Wood River Wetlands (vicinity), Klamath Falls, OR",]()
!["Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani 3/18) Wood River Wetlands (vicinity), Klamath Falls, OR",]()
!["Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (© Nick Viani 1/22) The Celery Fields, Sarasota, FL",]()
!["Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (© Nick Viani 1/17) Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Palm Beach County, FL",]()
!["Ruby-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani 12/20) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Lyn Newbry Transect",]()
!["Ruby-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani 12/20) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Lyn Newbry Transect",]()
!["Ruby-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani 11/17) Jacksonville Woodlands in the Madrone grove.",]()
!["American Dipper (© Nick Viani 8/10) Ike Kinswa State Park, Mossyrock, WA",]()
!["Ruby-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani 3/9) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona",]()
!["Ruby-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani 3/6) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona",]()
!["Hutton's Vireo (© Nick Viani 2/8) Madera Canyon, AZ",]()
!["Tropical Gnatcatcher (© Nick Viani) Tapanti National Park, Orosi, Costa Rica",]()
!["White-lored Gnatcatcher (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",]()
!["Wrentit (© Nick Viani) Lagoon Lake Campground",]()
!["Wrentit (© Nick Viani) Lagoon Lake Campground",]()
!["Wrentit (© Nick Viani) Lagoon Lake Campground",]()
!["Wrentit (© Nick Viani) Lagoon Lake Campground",]()
!["Wrentit (© Nick Viani) Carl Washburn Memorial State Park",]()
!["American Dipper (© Nick Viani) Rogue River, Union Creek, OR",]()
!["Northern Wheatear (© Nick Viani) Council Highway, Nome, Alaska",]()
!["Ruby-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) Page Springs Campground, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge",]()
!["Wrentit (© Nick Viani) Siskiyou Field Institute",]()
!["Ruby-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) Backyard birds. This male stopped momentarily on our fig tree.",]()
!["Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) TID Ditch, Paradise Lane",]()
!["Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) TID Ditch Trail, Ashland",]()
!["Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) TID Ditch Trail, Ashland",]()
!["Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) TID Ditch Trail, Ashland",]()
!["Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) TID Ditch Trail, Ashland",]()
!["Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) Harris Beach State Park, Brookings, OR",]()
!["Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) Harris Beach State Park, Brookings, OR",]()
!["Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) Bullard State Park Trail to beach",]()
!["Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) Bullard State Park Trail to beach",]()
!["Wrentit (© Nick Viani) Bullard State Park Trail to beach",]()
!["Trail landscape - Wrentit habitat (© Nick Viani) Bullard State Park Trail to beach",]()
!["Wrentit (© Nick Viani) Bullard State Park Trail to beach",]()
!["Ruby-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR",]()
!["Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) Ditch Trail, Ashland",]()
!["Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) Ditch Trail, Ashland",]()
!["Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) Ditch Trail, Ashland",]()
!["Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) Ditch Trail, Ashland",]()
!["Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) Ditch Trail, Ashland",]()
!["American Dipper -North America's only truly aquatic songbird (© Nick Viani) Lithia Park in the upper reservoir",]()
!["Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) Rocky Point Boat Launch, Fort Klamath, OR",]()
!["Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (© Nick Viani) Monument Road near Emigrant Creek",]()
!["Hammond's Gnatcatcher (© Nick Viani) Sampson Creek Preserve, Ashland, OR",]()
!["Ruby-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR",]()
!["Ruby-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) Ashland Pond",]()
!["Ruby-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) Ashland Pond",]()
!["Ruby-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) Ashland Pond, Ashland, OR",]()
!["Ruby-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR",]()
!["Ruby-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR",]()
!["Blue-grey Gnatcatcher (© Nick Viani) Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Coral Gables, Florida",]()
!["Blue-grey Gnatcatcher (© Nick Viani) Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge",]()
!["Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (© Nick Viani) Harry P. Leu Gardens, Orlando, FL",]()
!["Ruby-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) Madera Canyon, Green Valley, AZ",]()
!["Ruby-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) Madera Canyon, Green Valley, AZ",]()
!["Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (© Nick Viani) Anza Borrego State Park, Borrego Springs, CA",]()
!["Ruby-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) Anza Borrego State Park, Borrego Springs, CA",]()
!["Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Ruby Lake NWR (© Nick Viani)",]()
!["Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) Doe Point Campground, Fish Lake",]()
!["American Dipper - immature (© Nick Viani) Collier Day Use Area, Klamath Falls",]()
!["Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument",]()
!["Ruby-crowned Kinglet (check out the Oregon Grape leaf!) - Wood River Wetlands, Klamath Falls, OR",]()
!["Ruby-crowned Kinglet - North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR",]()
!["Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Ashland Pond",]()
!["Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Backyard Birds, Ashland, OR",]()
!["American Dipper: Wallowa State Park, OR",]()
!["Ruby-crowned Kinglet: Wallowa State Park",]()
!["Wrentit - Bandon Marsh",]()
!["Blue-grey Gnatcatcher (Washington DC)",]()
!["Blue-grey Gnatcatcher (Washington DC)",]()
!["American Dipper in Ashland Creek",]()
!["Black-tailed Gnatcatcher (© Nick Viani)",]()
!["Blue-gray Gnatcatcher",]()
!["Ruby-crowned Kinglet",]()
!["Ruby-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) Sampson Creak Preserve",]()
!["Wrentit",]()
!["Ruby-crowned Kinglet",]()
![Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (© Nick Viani) Tucson, AZ]()
Golden-crowned Kinglet, Yaak, MT
American Dipper (© Nick Viani)
American Dipper (© Nick Viani)
"American Dipper (© Nick Viani) Lithia Park, Ashland, OR",
American Dipper (© Nick Viani) Deschutes River, Bend, OR
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) TouVelle State Recreation Area
"Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani 8/20/24) Wild Cat Campground, Hyatt Lake",
"Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani 8/19/24) Wild Cat Campground, Hyatt Lake",
"Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani 8/19/24) Wild Cat Campground, Hyatt Lake",
"Wrentit (© Nick Viani 8/13/24) Upper Flores Creek, Langlois, OR",
"Wrentit (© Nick Viani 8/13/24) Upper Flores Creek, Langlois, OR",
"Wrentit (© Nick Viani 8/13/24) Upper Flores Creek, Langlois, OR",
"American Dipper (© Nick Viani) Little Hyatt Lake Reservoir",
"American Dipper (© Nick Viani) Little Hyatt Lake Reservoir",
"Wrentit (© Nick Viani) Camping along the Siltcoos River, Waxmyrtle Campground (near Florence, OR)",
"Wrentit (© Nick Viani) Camping along the Siltcoos River, Waxmyrtle Campground (near Florence, OR)",
"Ruby-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) Ditch Trail, Ashland, OR",
"Ruby-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani 3/5) Backyard Birds, Paradise Lane",
"Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (© Nick Viani) Misión San Javier, BCS, Mexico",
"Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (© Nick Viani) Jacksonville Woodlands trail system.",
"Ruby-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani 4/3) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Scouting the Lynn Newbry transect.",
"Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani 3/18) Wood River Wetlands (vicinity), Klamath Falls, OR",
"Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani 3/18) Wood River Wetlands (vicinity), Klamath Falls, OR",
"Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani 3/18) Wood River Wetlands (vicinity), Klamath Falls, OR",
"Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani 3/18) Wood River Wetlands (vicinity), Klamath Falls, OR",
"Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani 3/18) Wood River Wetlands (vicinity), Klamath Falls, OR",
"Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani 3/18) Wood River Wetlands (vicinity), Klamath Falls, OR",
"Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani 3/18) Wood River Wetlands (vicinity), Klamath Falls, OR",
"Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (© Nick Viani 1/22) The Celery Fields, Sarasota, FL",
"Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (© Nick Viani 1/17) Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Palm Beach County, FL",
"Ruby-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani 12/20) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Lyn Newbry Transect",
"Ruby-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani 12/20) Bear Creek Community Bird Survey, Lyn Newbry Transect",
"Ruby-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani 11/17) Jacksonville Woodlands in the Madrone grove.",
"American Dipper (© Nick Viani 8/10) Ike Kinswa State Park, Mossyrock, WA",
"Ruby-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani 3/9) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona",
"Ruby-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani 3/6) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona",
"Hutton's Vireo (© Nick Viani 2/8) Madera Canyon, AZ",
"Tropical Gnatcatcher (© Nick Viani) Tapanti National Park, Orosi, Costa Rica",
"White-lored Gnatcatcher (© Nick Viani) Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, Costa Rica",
"Wrentit (© Nick Viani) Lagoon Lake Campground",
"Wrentit (© Nick Viani) Lagoon Lake Campground",
"Wrentit (© Nick Viani) Lagoon Lake Campground",
"Wrentit (© Nick Viani) Lagoon Lake Campground",
"Wrentit (© Nick Viani) Carl Washburn Memorial State Park",
"American Dipper (© Nick Viani) Rogue River, Union Creek, OR",
"Northern Wheatear (© Nick Viani) Council Highway, Nome, Alaska",
"Ruby-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) Page Springs Campground, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge",
"Wrentit (© Nick Viani) Siskiyou Field Institute",
"Ruby-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) Backyard birds. This male stopped momentarily on our fig tree.",
"Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) TID Ditch, Paradise Lane",
"Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) TID Ditch Trail, Ashland",
"Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) TID Ditch Trail, Ashland",
"Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) TID Ditch Trail, Ashland",
"Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) TID Ditch Trail, Ashland",
"Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) Harris Beach State Park, Brookings, OR",
"Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) Harris Beach State Park, Brookings, OR",
"Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) Bullard State Park Trail to beach",
"Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) Bullard State Park Trail to beach",
"Wrentit (© Nick Viani) Bullard State Park Trail to beach",
"Trail landscape - Wrentit habitat (© Nick Viani) Bullard State Park Trail to beach",
"Wrentit (© Nick Viani) Bullard State Park Trail to beach",
"Ruby-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR",
"Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) Ditch Trail, Ashland",
"Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) Ditch Trail, Ashland",
"Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) Ditch Trail, Ashland",
"Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) Ditch Trail, Ashland",
"Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) Ditch Trail, Ashland",
"American Dipper -North America's only truly aquatic songbird (© Nick Viani) Lithia Park in the upper reservoir",
"Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) Rocky Point Boat Launch, Fort Klamath, OR",
"Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (© Nick Viani) Monument Road near Emigrant Creek",
"Hammond's Gnatcatcher (© Nick Viani) Sampson Creek Preserve, Ashland, OR",
"Ruby-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR",
"Ruby-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) Ashland Pond",
"Ruby-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) Ashland Pond",
"Ruby-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) Ashland Pond, Ashland, OR",
"Ruby-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR",
"Ruby-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR",
"Blue-grey Gnatcatcher (© Nick Viani) Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Coral Gables, Florida",
"Blue-grey Gnatcatcher (© Nick Viani) Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge",
"Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (© Nick Viani) Harry P. Leu Gardens, Orlando, FL",
"Ruby-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) Madera Canyon, Green Valley, AZ",
"Ruby-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) Madera Canyon, Green Valley, AZ",
"Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (© Nick Viani) Anza Borrego State Park, Borrego Springs, CA",
"Ruby-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) Anza Borrego State Park, Borrego Springs, CA",
"Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Ruby Lake NWR (© Nick Viani)",
"Golden-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) Doe Point Campground, Fish Lake",
"American Dipper - immature (© Nick Viani) Collier Day Use Area, Klamath Falls",
"Blue-gray Gnatcatcher - Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument",
"Ruby-crowned Kinglet (check out the Oregon Grape leaf!) - Wood River Wetlands, Klamath Falls, OR",
"Ruby-crowned Kinglet - North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR",
"Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Ashland Pond",
"Ruby-crowned Kinglet - Backyard Birds, Ashland, OR",
"American Dipper: Wallowa State Park, OR",
"Ruby-crowned Kinglet: Wallowa State Park",
"Wrentit - Bandon Marsh",
"Blue-grey Gnatcatcher (Washington DC)",
"Blue-grey Gnatcatcher (Washington DC)",
"American Dipper in Ashland Creek",
"Black-tailed Gnatcatcher (© Nick Viani)",
"Blue-gray Gnatcatcher",
"Ruby-crowned Kinglet",
"Ruby-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) Sampson Creak Preserve",
"Wrentit",
"Ruby-crowned Kinglet",
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher (© Nick Viani) Tucson, AZ