wildlife in oregon: Friday Fotos--Spring Wildlife at Fishhawk Lake
- 04/13/17 04:58 PM
Things are "popping" up all over now that spring has finally decided to show her lovely face around these parts of our coastal range of Oregon! I haven't seen or photographed a frog in many years and had just had a dream of seeing one only a couple of days before this one leaped in front of me while I was studying some salamanders in our stream! I didn't have my camera on at the time and thought I'd missed my opportunity. But, no--this fella hid for a bit in the murky waters, then came out from under the floating flotsam to … (17 comments)
wildlife in oregon: Friday's Fotos-Wild Elk Herd in Birkenfeld Oregon!
- 02/18/16 12:53 PM
Friday's Fotos-Wild Elk Herd in Birkenfeld Oregon! There is a great variety of wildlife in Oregon. This is actually a video, as I happened to be in the right place at the right time. A mid-morning on February 24, 2016, this Roosevelt Elk herd was in a pasture as I drove by on Highway 202, just outside Birkenfeld Oregon. A nice-sized group. And they jump the fences pretty easily, too!
There are herds that stay at the Jewell Elk Reserve in the winter and early spring months every year,
but this herd is not part of them, and they're much more skittish! You can go to the … (21 comments)
wildlife in oregon: Guess what I got to do this morning at Fishhawk Lake? Something most don't get to do...
- 03/30/11 09:46 AM
I just did something most people don't get to do....especially "in their back yard". Here at Fishhawk Lake,for the last two hours I have gotten to watch a bald eagle hang out in the windy trees with me sitting across the lake watching his morning unfold before me. I had first seen him at 8am and grabbed my binoculars, although, against the green trees, his gorgeous white crown and neck stood out to the naked eye (even though mine are not so good naked anymore). I had just gotten ready to take the dogs for a run and they were quite … (17 comments)
and I am SO ready to welcome spring!!!! (I hope Mother Nature's listening).
(A butterfly in my water feature) We went to the semi-annual Home and Garden Show in Portland, at the Expo Center and saw our dear friend, Elmer Aranda, owner of All Nature's Construction (http://fishhawklakerealtor.wordpress.com/2011/01/10/a-where-to-go-who-to-call-guide-to-resources-for-fishhawk-lake-homeowners/.) He is an award-winning landscape "artist" and an all-around great guy. He's coming out to do a re-vamp of our landscaping at our new lakefront home on Fishhawk Lake. He'd done a gorgeous water feature for our old … (14 comments)
Things are "popping" up all over now that spring has finally decided to show her lovely face around these parts of our coastal range of Oregon!
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