Matt Hunter
Consulting Wildlife Ecologist, Field Naturalist & Guide
Eighteen participants counted 16,433 birds of 114 species in the third edition of the Reedsport Christmas Bird Count. The first two counts each had 22 observers and found 16,349 birds…
Thirty-five eager participants counted birds for this year's Roseburg-Sutherlin CBC! It was exciting and fun to have some new faces join us this year! Thank-you Kelly B, Ken/Linda/Melissa B, Eric…
I've been enjoying learning about Odonates--dragonflies and damselflies. About 70 species have been documented in Douglas County (Valley and Johnson). Not only are many of them readily distinguishable visually, they…
Melrose, OR--June 25, 2017. Haha! These names crack me up (!), but they are quite descriptive of the appearance of this stage of the organism(s) under consideration here. My son…
Ford's Pond, OR--June 18, 2017. 0635-0915. I spent the morning at Ford's Pond. It was in the 50s F when I arrived and in the 70s F when I left.…
Upper Quines Creek, OR--May 28, 2017. Two years ago, 2015, I saw this rather rocky, barren spot on Google Earth and decided to go take a look. In late March…
Umpqua Community College, OR--May 20, 2017. 1009-1225. Low 60s F. Initially cloud cover. Sunny at end. On the way up to the first set of cover boards I photographed a…
Rock Creek Watershed, OR--May 17, 2017. I combined a desire to look for extralimital Oregon Slender Salamanders with a need to find a good sampling stream for stream amphibians for…
Melrose, OR--May 14, 2017. 1530-1700. We've had some rain over the past week. Not having looked much for snails or slugs at our property, I decided to go out looking…
Umpqua Community College, OR--May 10, 2017. 1200-1315. Today I checked all 36 cover pieces for the UCC Cover Board Project. The general trend continues, with a few Western Skinks under…