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: quail, grouse, bobwhite, chukar, partridge, pheasant, ptarmigan prairie-chicken, turkey -vulture, snowcock, junglefowl, guineafowl, peafowl
!["American Turkey (© Nick Viani) In the vicinity of Bunker Hill CG, Lemolo Lake, Douglas County, OR",]()
!["California Quail",]()
!["California Quail (© Nick Viani) Anza Borrego State Park, Borrego Springs, CA",]()
!["California Quail (© Nick Viani) Gray Lodge SWR, CA",]()
!["California Quail (© Nick Viani) Visitors Center, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge",]()
!["California Quail (© Nick Viani 10/21/24) North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR",]()
!["California Quail (© Nick Viani 11/13) Bear Creek Greenway, Bear Creek Community Bird Survey",]()
!["California Quail (male)",]()
!["Chukar - Zumwalt Nature Preserve, Enterprise, OR",]()
!["Chukars high in the Thousand-creek Canyon, Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge (© Nick Viani)",]()
!["Gambel Quail (© Nick Viani 4/3) Paton's Hummingbird Center, Patagonia, Arizona",]()
!["Gambel Quail - female (© Nick Viani) Sonny Bono National Wildlife Refuge, Salton Sea, CA",]()
!["Gambel Quail - male (© Nick Viani) Sonny Bono National Wildlife Refuge, Salton Sea, CA",]()
!["Gambel Quail - male (© Nick Viani 11/22) Sonny Bono National Wildlife Refuge, Salton Sea, CA",]()
!["Gould's Turkey & Javelina (© Nick Viani 3/23) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona",]()
!["Gould's Turkey (© Nick Viani 3/20) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, Arizona, TNC",]()
!["Gould's Turkey (© Nick Viani 4/8) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona",]()
!["Gould's Wild Turkey (© Nick Viani 3/27) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona",]()
!["Gould's Wild Turkey (© Nick Viani 3/27) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona",]()
!["Gould's Wild Turkey fording Sonoita Creek (© Nick Viani 3/24) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona",]()
!["Green-tailed Towhee (© Nick Viani) Mt. Ashland, Grouse Gap PCT section.",]()
!["Green-tailed Towhee (© Nick Viani 7/11) Mt. Ashland Wildflower Trail > Grouse Gap",]()
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!["Grouse: Zumwalt Prairie, OR",]()
!["Helmeted Guineafowl (© Nick Viani) Tapanti National Park, Orosi, Costa Rica",]()
!["House Wren (© Nick Viani 7/11) Mt. Ashland Wildflower Trail > Grouse Gap",]()
!["Lincoln's Sparrow (© Nick Viani 7/11) Mt. Ashland Wildflower Trail > Grouse Gap",]()
!["Lincoln's Sparrow (© Nick Viani 7/11) Mt. Ashland Wildflower Trail > Grouse Gap",]()
!["Peacock peafowl (juvenile) (© Nick Viani) Winter Park, FL",]()
!["Peafowl (© Nick Viani) Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada",]()
!["Peafowl (© Nick Viani) Winter Park, FL",]()
!["Peahen Peafowl (© Nick Viani) Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada",]()
!["Ring-necked Pheasant (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge",]()
!["Ring-necked Pheasant - Malheur National Wildlife Refuge",]()
!["Ring-necked Pheasant - Miller Lake, Klamath County",]()
!["Rock Ptarmigan (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",]()
!["Rough Grouse along the Dempster Hwy.",]()
!["Ruffed Grouse along North Umpqua Trail #1414 (© Nick Viani) Lemolo Lake Area, Umpqua National Forest, Douglas County, OR",]()
!["Spruce Grouse, Byers Lake",]()
!["Wild turkey (© Nick Viani) Paradise Lane, Ashland, OR",]()
!["Wild Turkey, Whitefish, Mt",]()
!["Willow Ptarmigan (© Nick Viani) Kougarok Road, Nome, Alaska",]()
!["Willow Ptarmigan (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",]()
!["Willow Ptarmigan, Denali National Park",]()
![Peacock Peafowl (© Nick Viani) Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada]()
![Sooty Grouse (© Nick Viani) Oregon]()
![Spruce Grouse (© Nick Viani) Yaak, MT]()
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"American Turkey (© Nick Viani) In the vicinity of Bunker Hill CG, Lemolo Lake, Douglas County, OR",
"California Quail",
"California Quail (© Nick Viani) Anza Borrego State Park, Borrego Springs, CA",
"California Quail (© Nick Viani) Gray Lodge SWR, CA",
"California Quail (© Nick Viani) Visitors Center, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge",
"California Quail (© Nick Viani 10/21/24) North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR",
"California Quail (© Nick Viani 11/13) Bear Creek Greenway, Bear Creek Community Bird Survey",
"California Quail (male)",
"Chukar - Zumwalt Nature Preserve, Enterprise, OR",
"Chukars high in the Thousand-creek Canyon, Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge (© Nick Viani)",
"Gambel Quail (© Nick Viani 4/3) Paton's Hummingbird Center, Patagonia, Arizona",
"Gambel Quail - female (© Nick Viani) Sonny Bono National Wildlife Refuge, Salton Sea, CA",
"Gambel Quail - male (© Nick Viani) Sonny Bono National Wildlife Refuge, Salton Sea, CA",
"Gambel Quail - male (© Nick Viani 11/22) Sonny Bono National Wildlife Refuge, Salton Sea, CA",
"Gould's Turkey & Javelina (© Nick Viani 3/23) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona",
"Gould's Turkey (© Nick Viani 3/20) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, Arizona, TNC",
"Gould's Turkey (© Nick Viani 4/8) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona",
"Gould's Wild Turkey (© Nick Viani 3/27) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona",
"Gould's Wild Turkey (© Nick Viani 3/27) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona",
"Gould's Wild Turkey fording Sonoita Creek (© Nick Viani 3/24) Patagonia-Sonoita Creek Preserve, TNC, Arizona",
"Green-tailed Towhee (© Nick Viani) Mt. Ashland, Grouse Gap PCT section.",
"Green-tailed Towhee (© Nick Viani 7/11) Mt. Ashland Wildflower Trail > Grouse Gap",
"grouse",
"grouse",
"Grouse: Zumwalt Prairie, OR",
"Helmeted Guineafowl (© Nick Viani) Tapanti National Park, Orosi, Costa Rica",
"House Wren (© Nick Viani 7/11) Mt. Ashland Wildflower Trail > Grouse Gap",
"Lincoln's Sparrow (© Nick Viani 7/11) Mt. Ashland Wildflower Trail > Grouse Gap",
"Lincoln's Sparrow (© Nick Viani 7/11) Mt. Ashland Wildflower Trail > Grouse Gap",
"Peacock peafowl (juvenile) (© Nick Viani) Winter Park, FL",
"Peafowl (© Nick Viani) Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada",
"Peafowl (© Nick Viani) Winter Park, FL",
"Peahen Peafowl (© Nick Viani) Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada",
"Ring-necked Pheasant (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge",
"Ring-necked Pheasant - Malheur National Wildlife Refuge",
"Ring-necked Pheasant - Miller Lake, Klamath County",
"Rock Ptarmigan (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Rough Grouse along the Dempster Hwy.",
"Ruffed Grouse along North Umpqua Trail #1414 (© Nick Viani) Lemolo Lake Area, Umpqua National Forest, Douglas County, OR",
"Spruce Grouse, Byers Lake",
"Wild turkey (© Nick Viani) Paradise Lane, Ashland, OR",
"Wild Turkey, Whitefish, Mt",
"Willow Ptarmigan (© Nick Viani) Kougarok Road, Nome, Alaska",
"Willow Ptarmigan (© Nick Viani) Unalaska/Dutch Harbor, in the Aleutian Chain of Alaska",
"Willow Ptarmigan, Denali National Park",
Peacock Peafowl (© Nick Viani) Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Sooty Grouse (© Nick Viani) Oregon
Spruce Grouse (© Nick Viani) Yaak, MT
A flock of 30+ turkeys have settled into our neighborhood. Interesting, and terribly messy.
A flock of 30+ turkeys have settled into our neighborhood. Interesting, and terribly messy.
A flock of 30+ turkeys have settled into our neighborhood. Interesting, and terribly messy.
A flock of 30+ turkeys have settled into our neighborhood. Interesting, and terribly messy.
A flock of 30+ turkeys have settled into our neighborhood. This one had flown into a neighbor's pyracantha shrub and was devouring the berries.