Posts about birds in the Northwest that includes pictures and descriptions. Photos are by Jonathan Swanson

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A Red-Breasted Nuthatch Family in the Backyard

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Some mornings the backyard becomes the story. This week a red-breasted nuthatch family has been visiting the feeder — mother and babies, working the suet, calling back and forth from

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Red-Breasted Nuthatches in My Back Yard

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Some mornings the backyard becomes the story. This week a red-breasted nuthatch family has been visiting the feeder — mother and babies, working the suet, calling back and forth from

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A Male Anna’s Hummingbird on the banks of the Willamette River

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I wanted to share about the conditions on this shoot — the lighting was incredible. Around 5pm the sun hit the hummingbird perfectly, lighting up his rose-pink throat while the

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Wood Duck in Motion — Action Shots from Oaks Bottom

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Wood Ducks are one of the most stunning waterfowl in North America — the males practically glow with iridescent greens, purples, and chestnut browns. When one stretches its wings, all

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Golden Hour at Oaks Bottom — Eagles, Ospreys, and Spring in Full Bloom

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Perfect evening light at Oaks Bottom tonight. Seventy degrees, golden hour around 6pm, and the wildlife was out in force. The trails were full of people enjoying the spring weather,

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A Morning in the Cherry Blossoms —A variety of songbirds and woodpeckers

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Spring has arrived in Portland, and my backyard fig tree has become a stage for some of the Pacific Northwest’s most beautiful small birds. A suet feeder in the garden

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The Eagles of Oaks Bottom

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Perched like a living sentinel above the glassy surface of the pond, the young bald eagle looked at once tentative and regal. Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge — an unexpected pocket

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A Quiet Lesson from the Water: When Birds Teach Us to Live Together

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The morning I found myself beside the water, camera in hand, I expected the usual solitary moments — a single heron standing like a statue, a kingfisher’s brief flash of

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A Winter Wildlife Spectacal in OaksBottom

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In Oaks Bottom I had that rare, clear quality that makes the city seem to exhale: a low, golden sun, a thin, crisp air, and the marsh grasses catching light

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A Perfect Afternoon at Oaks Bottom: Hawks, Otters, and Herons in Flight

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There are mornings that remind you why you carry a camera. My recent walk into Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge turned into one of those days: a red-tailed hawk quartering the

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My First Merlin — A Surprise Sighting at Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge

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Today I had a thrilling first: I photographed a Merlin (Falco columbarius) while walking through Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge. I’ve been coming here for about 12 years and this was

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A Perfect Birthday at Oaks Bottom

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I spent my birthday exactly where I wanted to be—at Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge—surrounded by crisp fall air, dripping gold and copper leaves, and the calm of wetland life. It

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 A Quiet Moment with a Hermit Thrush at Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge

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This morning’s walk through Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge stopped me in my tracks. A small, unassuming bird — the Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) — hopped through the leaf litter less

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– Drummers of the Oaks: Woodpeckers at Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge

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On a recent visit to Oaks Bottom, I had the good fortune to photograph four striking woodpecker species: the pileated woodpecker, the Downy woodpecker, the northern flicker, and the red‑breasted

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– Wood Chips kept falling on My Head — A Long Hunt Ends at Oaks Bottom

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For nearly ten years I’ve come to Oaks Bottom hoping to catch sight of a pileated woodpecker. I had heard rumors of people seeing a Pileated Woodpecker in the forest

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Fluff and Fury: A Flock of Bushtits in Sellwood Oregon

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That afternoon in Sellwood was a beautiful fall day with perfect golden hour lighting. I was wandering through Sellwood Park and I noticed a high-pitched chatter. A busy, bouncing cloud

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Up Close with a Great Egret: A Quiet Fall Afternoon on the Willamette

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There are days when the river seems to hold its breath. On a recent fall day, the Willamette lay glassy and gold, fog lingering in low pockets and the cottonwoods

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 Friendly Downy Woodpeckers Visit My Backyard

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This fall noisy visitors showed up at my feeder and made my backyard a little wilder — Downy woodpeckers They are small, bold, and surprisingly photogenic. After making a few

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 Up Close with a Great Blue Heron — Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge

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On a peaceful late afternoon at the Oak Bottom Wildlife Refuge I had an unforgettable close encounter with a great blue heron (Ardea herodias). The bird landed in a tree

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