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
"9/22/17 - Rufous Hummingbird (female)",
"Acorn Woodpecker",
"Acorn Woodpecker, Ashland Greenway",
"Acorn Woodpecker, Ashland Greenway",
"Acorn Woodpecker Granary (© Nick Viani) Sampson Creek Preserve",
"American Avocet",
"American Goldfinch",
"American Goldfinch",
"American Robin",
"American Robin",
"American Robin",
"American Robin",
"American Robin",
"American Robin (© Nick Viani) Sampson Creek Preserve",
"American Robin, Ashland Pond",
"American Robin harvesting Juniper berries: Eagle Ridge County Park",
"American White Pelican, Link River, Klamath",
"American Wigeon",
"A pair of Gadwalls",
"Bald Eagle (Juvenile): Wood River Marsh",
"Bald eagle adult & juvenile",
"Barn Owl",
"Barn Owl, Ferndale Fairgrounds Racetrack grandstands, Ferndale, CA",
"Barn Owl, North Mtn. Park, Ashland, OR",
"Black-capped Chickadee",
"Black-capped Chickadee - backyard birds in Paradise",
"Black Oystercatcher",
"Black Phoebe",
"Black Phoebe",
"Black Turnstone",
"Black Turnstone",
"Brewer's Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge",
"Brown-headed Cowbird (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge",
"Brown Creeper: Wood River Marsh",
"Bullock's Oriole - female (© Nick Viani) Ashland Greenway",
"Bullock's Oriole - male (© Nick Viani) Ash. Greenway",
"California Quail",
"California Quail (male)",
"California Scrub Jay",
"California Scrub Jay",
"California Towhee",
"California Towhee, North Mtn. Park, Ashland, OR",
"Canada Geese & Goslings",
"Canada Geese: Eagle Ridge County Park",
"Canada Geese: Malheur National Wildlife Refuge",
"Canada Goose",
"Canada Jay",
"Canada Jay",
"Canadian Goose",
"Cedar Waxwing",
"Cinnamon Teal (L. Male)",
"Clark's Grebe",
"Clark's Grebe, Link River, Klamath Falls",
"Clark's Grebes, Link River, Klamath Falls",
"Clarks Grebes, Link River, Klamath Falls",
"Clarks Nutcracker (Canadian Jay and/or camp robber) - Crater Lake National Park, OR",
"Cliff Swallows collecting building material",
"Common Grackle (© Nick Viani) bathing on boat ramp at Petric Park",
"Common Merganser",
"Common Merganser (L. female)",
"Common Nighthawk",
"Common Nighthawk (resting but keeping an eye on me)",
"Common Yellow-throat",
"Common Yellowthroat",
"Cooper's Hawk (© Nick Viani) #1 Jacksonville Oak Woodlands. NOTE: Cooper's Hawks have a gradual curve of the forehead extending to the tip of the beak.",
"Coyote & Tundra Swans",
"Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)",
"Dark Rough-legged Hawk "male-type,
"Double-crested Cormorant (© Nick Viani) Crescent City, CA",
"Double-crested Cormorant (© Nick Viani) Hyatt Lake, Jackson County, OR",
"Downey Woodpecker",
"Downey Woodpecker",
"Downey Woodpecker (male) (© Nick Viani) Sampson Creek Preserve",
"Downy Woodpecker - North Mtn. Park, Ashland, OR",
"Eared Grebe",
"Eared Grebe - Eagle Ridge, Klamath",
"Eurasian Tawny Owl",
"European Starling",
"Evening Grosbeak (female)",
"Ferruginous Hawk",
Ferruginous Hawk (bloody)- Klamath Falls, OR
"Flycatcher - Wood River Wetlands",
"Forster's Tern - Klamath Wildlife Preserve",
"Gadwall",
"Golden-corwned Sparrow",
"Golden-crowned Sparrow",
"Golden-crowned Sparrow",
"Golden-crowned Sparrow",
"Golden-crowned Sparrow",
"Golden-crowned Sparrow",
"Golden-crowned Sparrow",
"Golden-crowned Sparrow",
"Golden-crowned Sparrow",
"Golden-crowned Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Sampson Creek Preserve",
"Golden-crowned Sparrow @ Bandon Marsh",
"Golden Eagle",
"Golden Eagle",
"Golden Eagle & Magpie",
"Golden Eagles",
"Grackle",
"Great Blue Heron (detail) (© Nick Viani) Arcata, CA",
"Greater Scaup (male)",
"Greater Yellowlegs: Shoalwater Bay from Eagle Ridge County Park",
"Great Horned Owl (fledge)",
"Green-tailed Towhee",
"Green-tailed Towhee",
"Green-tailed Towhee",
"Green-winged Teal",
"Green Heron (© Nick Viani) Ashland Pond",
"Green Heron (© Nick Viani) Ashland Pond",
"Green Heron (© Nick Viani) Ashland Pond",
"Green Heron (© Nick Viani) Ashland Pond",
"Hooded Merganser (female)",
"Hooded Merganser (male)",
"Hooded Mergansers (l. female, r. male)",
"Horned Owl",
"House Finch (male)",
"House Sparrow",
"House Wren",
"Junco",
"Junco (juvenile)",
"Junco (juvenile)",
"Junco (juvenile)",
"Killdeer",
"Killdeer (on nest)",
"King bird",
"Lazuli Bunting",
"Lazuli Bunting",
"Least Sandpiper",
"Least Sandpipers in flight",
"Lesser Goldfinch",
"Lesser Goldfinch",
"light morph Rough-legged Hawk "male-type" (© Nick Viani) Klamath Falls",
"Lincoln's Sparrow",
"Long-billed Curlew",
"Longhorn Bee on Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia)",
"Marbled Godwit",
"Marbled Godwit & Sandpipers",
"Marsh Wren, Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge in Loleta, CA",
"Meadowlark (© Nick Viani)",
"Meadowlark (© Nick Viani) Sampson Creek Preserve",
"Meadowlark - on sage (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge",
"Mountain Bluebird",
"Mountain Bluebird",
"Mountain Chickadee: Eagle Ridge County Park",
"Nashville Warbler",
"Nashville Warbler",
"Nashville Warbler",
"Northern Flicker (red-shafted female)",
"Northern Harrier (© Nick Viani) Centennial Golf Course",
"Northern Pintails",
"Northern Shoveler (female)",
"Northern Shoveler (l), Ruddy Ducks (m), and a Greater Scaup (r)",
"Northern Shoveler (male)",
"Oak Titmouse",
"Oak Titmouse",
"Oak Titmouse (© Nick Viani) Sampson Creek Preserve",
"Orange-crowned Warbler",
"Orange-crowned warbler",
"Osprey, Above Ashland Pond",
"Peregrine Falcon",
"Peregrine Falcon",
"Peregrine Falcon, Humboldt Wildlife Care Center",
"Pied-billed Grebe",
"Purple Finch",
"Red-breasted Merganser (f)",
"Red-breasted Sapsucker",
"Red-tailed Hawk",
"Red-tailed Hawk",
"Red-tailed Hawk (© Nick Viani)",
"Red-tailed Hawk: Wood River Marsh",
"Red-tailed Hawk: Wood River Marsh",
"Red-winged Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge",
"Red-winged Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge",
"Red Crossbill",
"Ring-necked Duck",
"Rock Pigeon",
"Rock Pigeon",
"Rock Pigeon, Brookings Harbor, Brookings, OR",
"Ruby-crowned Kinglet",
"Ruby-crowned Kinglet",
"Ruby-crowned Kinglet (© Nick Viani) Sampson Creak Preserve",
"Ruddy Duck",
"Ruddy Duck (male in breeding colors)",
"Rufous Hummingbird",
"Rufous Hummingbird",
"Rufous Hummingbird",
"Rufous Hummingbird",
"Rufous Hummingbird",
"Rufous Hummingbird",
"Rufous Hummingbird",
"Rufous Hummingbird",
"Rufous Hummingbird",
"Rufous Hummingbird",
"Rufous Hummingbird",
"Rufous Hummingbird (female)",
"Rufous Hummingbird (female)",
"Rufous Hummingbird (female)",
"Rufous Hummingbird (female)",
"Rufous Hummingbird (female)",
"Rufous Hummingbird (female)",
"Rufous Hummingbird (male)",
"Sage Thrush",
"Sage Thrush (on sage, of course)",
"Sandhill Crane",
"Sandpipers in flight",
"Savannah Sparrow",
"Savannah Sparrow",
"Savannah Sparrow: Eagle Ridge County Park",
"Say's Phoebe",
"Short-billed Dowitcher",
"Snow Geese",
"Snow Geese",
"Snow Geese",
"Snow Geese, Klamath Falls, OR",
"Snow Geese, Tule Lake, OR",
"Snowy Plover, Big Lagoon, CA",
"Song Sparrow",
"Song Sparrow",
"Song Sparrow",
"Song Sparrow",
"Song Sparrow",
"Song Sparrow",
"Song Sparrow",
"Song Sparrow",
"Song Sparrow",
"Song Sparrow",
"Song Sparrow",
"Song Sparrow",
"Song Sparrow",
"Song Sparrow @ Bandon Marsh",
"Song Sparrow @ Bandon Marsh",
"Song Sparrow with nesting material",
"Spotted Owl",
"Spotted Owl",
"Spotted Owl",
"Spotted Tohee (© Nick Viani) Sampson Creek Preserve",
"Spotted Towhee",
"Spotted Towhee",
"Stellars Jay - Sun River Resort, OR",
"Townsend Solitaire: Eagle Ridge County Park",
"Tree Swallow, North Mtn. Park, Ashland, OR",
"Tree Swallow - Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge in Loleta, CA",
"Turkey Vulture",
"Wandering Tattler",
"Wandering Tattler",
"Warbling Vireo",
"Warbling Vireo - Godwit Days",
"Western Bluebird",
"Western Bluebird Hyatt Lake (note: lens distortion attributed to lousy filter)",
"Western Grebe",
"Western Grebe",
"Western Grebe",
"Western Meadowlark (© Nick Viani) Sampson Creek Preserve",
"Western Tanager (female), Ashland Pond",
"Western Tanager (male), Ashland Pond",
"Western Wood-pewee, Ashland Pond",
"White-breasted Nuthatch",
"White-breasted Nuthatch",
"White-breasted Nuthatch",
"White-brested Nuthatch",
"White-crowned Sparrow",
"White-crowned Sparrow",
"White-crowned Sparrow",
"White-crowned Sparrow",
"White-crowned Sparrow (juvenile)",
"White-fronted Geese",
"White-fronted Goose",
"Willet",
"Willet",
"Willet (breeding adult)",
"Willet perched atop high-desert sage",
"Willow Flycatcher",
"Wilson's Snipe",
"Wrentit",
"Yellow-headed Blackbird (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Refuge",
"Yellow-rumped Warbler",
"Yellow-rumped Warbler",
"Yellow-rumped Warbler (male)",
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Ring-necked Duck - Godwit Festival, Arcata CA
Acorn Woodpecker (© Nick Viani) Sampson Creek Preserve
Barn Owl Pellets - Godwit Festival, Arcata CA
Spotted Owl - Godwit Festival, Arcata CA
Spotted Owl - Godwit Festival, Arcata CA