Category: Jonathan’s Journal

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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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First Photos of a Black-throated Gray Warbler at Sellwood Park

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A lifer for me today at Sellwood Park, right along the Willamette River — my first ever photographs of a Black-throated Gray Warbler. These little songbirds are spring migrants that

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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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A Curious Visitor at Oaks Bottom

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I was out at Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge the other day when I noticed movement along the water’s edge. A North American river otter had pulled itself up onto a

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Spring is Around the Corner

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 I made a music video of my favorite photos and clips from Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge: lots of songbirds, waterfowl, and a few surprise visitors. The music is my version

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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 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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River Otter on the Viewing Deck — A Surprise Performance at Oak Bottom Wildlife Refuge

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Yesterday I had one of those wildlife moments that makes you forget to breathe. While standing on the viewing deck at Oak Bottom Wildlife Refuge, a river otter slipped quietly

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