Checkered Skipper Butterfly In The High Desert

Previous Next Meet the Checkered Skipper Butterfly! This skipper Butterfly is a common Skipper here in our area. The area in which I was for these photographs is a marshy area. If you are not careful where you step you may get wet! This is part of a gully that we have here in our […]

Rufous Hummingbird In The High Desert

Previous Next Meet the Rufous Hummingbird! This is the Hummingbird we have most here at the house. The Rufous Hummers show up here for the breeding season. The hummers like the pine trees we have here. This Hummer had followed me around so I took some photographs! All the Hummingbirds react to the click of […]

Female Spotted Towhee in Her Natural Environment

Previous Next This is the natural environment for the Spotted Towhee. The species blends in very well to it’s environment which is their way to survive. We have been having the Spotted Towhee winter with us for several years. The flock tends to grow every year which is logical when finding the right environment why […]

Spadefoot Toad

Previous Next This is the Spadefoot Toad who resides at one of our ponds. This Spadefoot Toad was noticed in one of our fabricated ponds at the end of May 2014. We just installed two 100 gallon prefabricated ponds at our established natural ponds to save on water. The natural established ponds being larger then […]

Are You Killing The Wildlife Around You?

Today it is not so pretty outside here in the High Desert of Oregon. So I thought I would do a post. I find I get myself in way to much trouble if I do not keep busy haha The question of this post is, “Are You Killing The Wildlife Around You”? Do you even […]

The Golden-Crowned Sparrow in Need

Previous Next This is the Golden-Crowned Sparrow. Biggest sparrow we have here and we have big flocks of them at times here at the house. Beautiful song comes from these song birds!! The Golden-Crowned Sparrows are also a smart species, like all sparrows I guess? Seen at bird feeders, or gardens looking for that something […]

Deformed Pacific Northwest Bird

Previous Next For a couple days now this little girl has been showing up. When I first saw her I thought what a funny looking bird. Now that I have watched her for two days now, I feel rather sorry for her. It is our fault these birds are being altered like this, or this […]