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4 days ago

Promotional photos of the book Birds of Crater Lake National Park.

Promotional photos of the book Birds of Crater Lake National Park.

Promotional photos of the book Birds of Crater Lake National Park.

Happy Publication Day to Stewart Janes!
"Birds of Crater Lake National Park: A Natural History and Guide" is now available from your favorite booksellers and directly from OSU Press!
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#CraterLake #SouthernOregon #OregonBirds #OregonEcology #NaturalHistory

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1 week ago

brownish-gray bird standing on a log at the edge of a creek

American Dipper - Big Creek Fish Hatchery, Clatsop Co., OR

It's coming up on spring and the dippers are singing, chasing and splash displaying

#oregonbirds #birds #springtime #nature #photography

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1 week ago

Rufous Hummingbird - Astoria, Clatsop Co., OR. Just arrived this morning

Little bugger managed to blow out the red on the camera sensor through a dirty kitchen window

#oregonbirds #birds #hummingbirds #nature #photography #neotropicalmigrants

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1 week ago

Snow Bunting - Seaside, Clatsop Co., OR

#oregonbirds #birds #snowbuntings #nature #photography

Oregon State University Press

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2 weeks ago

How birds survive Crater Lake’s cold and rugged terrain Stewart Janes is the author of a birder's guide for Crater Lake National Park.

This week Stewart Janes, author of "Birds of Crater Lake National Park: A Natural History and Guide," discussed the hostile environment for avian life at Crater Lake National Park’s high-elevation and more in his interview with the @Jefferson Exchange. beav.es/cKL
#CraterLake #OregonBirds

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2 weeks ago

Black-legged Kittiwake with Mew Gulls - Ft Stevens State Park, Clatsop Co., OR

#oregonbirds #birds #larids #nature #photography

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3 weeks ago

Large black shorebirds and smaller gray shorebirds roosting on a cobble beach in light, wet snow

Black Oystercatchers and Surfbirds - Seaside Cove, Clatsop, OR

Waiting out the high tide in the really sloppy snow showers we're seeing today

#oregonbirds #birds #photography #nature #shorebirds

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1 month ago

A long-billed brown and white bird crouching in the grass

Wilson's Snipe - Wireless Rd., Clatsop Co., OR

#oregonbirds #birds #nature #photography #shorebirds

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1 month ago

Small brown and off-white bird with a pointed bill, whitish eye-brow and bright yellow rump flitting in the brambles

Western Palm Warbler - Astoria, Clatsop Co., OR

Regular winter visitor to the North Coast of Oregon

#oregonbirds #birds #nature #newworldwarblers

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1 month ago

Small white and gray bird with a long slim pointed beak sitting on the branch of an alder tree

White-breasted Nuthatch - Brownsmead, Clatsop Co., OR

Rare on the North Oregon Coast, easier to come by in the interior

#oregonbirds #birds #nature #photography #nuthatches

Oregon State University Press

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2 months ago

New from OSU Press this March is "Birds of Crater Lake National Park: A Natural History and Guide" by Stewart Janes with photographs by Jim Livaudais.
Order today. Publication date: March 10, 2026.
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#CraterLake #SouthernOregon #OregonBirds #OregonEcology #NaturalHistory

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2 months ago

Rough-legged Hawk - Brownsmead, Clatsop Co., OR

#birds #oregonbirds #nature #photography #hawks

Oregon State University Press

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2 months ago

The OSU Press Spring 2026 catalog is live! Visit the website to download the catalog PDF and browse (or preorder!) titles releasing in early 2026. 🎉📚 📚🎉
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#ReadLocal #OregonBirds #CraterLake #CulturalBurning #TEK #OregonHistory #Homestead #OregonHighDesert #Literature #OregonBiography

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2 months ago

Great Blue Heron - Cannon Beach, Clatsop Co., OR

#birds #oregonbirds #herons #photography #nature

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3 months ago

small brown bird with a cocked tail sitting in brambles

Marsh Wren - Astoria, Clatsop Co., OR

#birds #oregonbirds #wrens #nature #photography

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3 months ago

#BirdsBothBigAndSmall #PNWBirds #Oregonbirds #BirdsInPhotographs🐦💙🦢🩵

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3 months ago

Six swans, two of them white adults and four gray youngsters, in a grassy pasture

Trumpeter Swans - Astoria Airport, Clatsop Co., OR

Not all that common on the Oregon North Coast.

#birds #oregonbirds #swans #waterfowl #nature #photography

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3 months ago

Small brown and gray sparrow with black and white crown stripes

White-crowned Sparrow (_pugetensis_ group) - Brownsmead, Clatsop Co., OR

#birds #oregonbirds #newworldsparrows #nature #photography

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3 months ago

Small, yellow and brown bird with a blackish mask and necklace

Streaked Horned Lark - South Jetty of the Columbia River, Clatstop Co., OR

Listed as a threatened species

#birds #oregonbirds #endangeredspecies #nature #photography

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4 months ago

American Kestrel - Wireless Rd, Astoria, Clatsop Co., OR

#birds #oregonbirds #falcons #nature #photography

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4 months ago

Black and white photograph of a Great Egret sitting in the window of an abandoned houseboat

Great Egret - Wireless Rd., Astoria, Clatsop Co., OR

#oregonbirds #birds #photography #blackandwhitephotography #ruralamerica

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5 months ago

Oddly colored blackbird in flight. White in tail and belly not typical for the species

Red-winged Blackbird (very low frequency color variant) - Svensen Island, Clatsop Co., OR

When I dropped this into Google Photos for comparisons, I found multiple nearly identical examples, so not typical leucism

#birds #oregonbirds #leucism #photography #nature

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5 months ago

A small sandy-gray sandpiper it on a sandy-gray beach with a scattering of darker stones

Western Snowy Plover - Ft Stevens State Park, Clatsop Co., OR

#birds #oregonbirds #photography #nature #shorebird

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5 months ago

Three gray geese feeding in a field

Great White-fronted Goose - Astoria Municipal Airport, Clatsop Co., OR

#birds #oregonbirds #photography #nature #geese

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5 months ago

Wrentit - Fort Stevens State Park, Clatsop Co., OR from the northernmost population of this species on the planet...

#birds #oregonbirds #wrentits #photography #nature

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6 months ago

small group of gray and white terns with black crests and long, decurved beaks

Elegant Tern - Columbia River at Ft Stevens State Park, OR

Irruptive visitor, usually in years when ocean conditions farther south are unfavorable

#birds #oregonbirds #seabirds #terns #climatechange #photography

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6 months ago

Chestnut-backed Chickadee - Ft Stevens State Park, Clatsop Co.,OR

#birds #oregonbirds #chickadees #parids #nature #photography

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6 months ago

small brown bird sitting in the branches of a small tree

Song Sparrow - Hatch-year youngster, Svensen Island, Clatsop Co.,OR

#birds #oregonbirds #nature #sparrows #photography

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6 months ago

Sooty Shearwaters - Mouth of the Columbia River, Clatsop Co., OR

Tens of thousand of shearwaters, along with Brown Pelicans and gulls have been feeding in a massive chaotic display that is a sight to behold

#birds #oregonbirds #seabirds #shearwaters #nature