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Steens Mountain, Oregon. The highest road in the state ascending a spectacular fault-block mountain to a summit that peers down a mile to th...

Highlights from the diverse coniferous forests north of Burns in Harney and Grant Counties: White-headed Woodpeckers. Such a cool bird. ...

We had a great drive through Malheur National Wildlife Refuge yesterday. So many birds! We actually started with this Short-eared Owl just s...

A measurable percentage of Wilson's Phalaropes have gathered on Lake Abert in south-central Oregon. If only you could count that many...

Oregon has a surprisingly high woodpecker diversity, but we haven't been to the hottest spot yet – the central Oregon Cascades. So it sh...

This Northern Pygmy-Owl at Kilchis County Park (Tillamook County, Oregon) on the tour yesterday was perhaps the most agressive one I've ...

Wow – Our second day on my Oregon in Summer tour, and we've seen a second species of mustelid! This time it was a Northern River Otter s...