Matt Hunter
Consulting Wildlife Ecologist, Field Naturalist & Guide
Winchester, OR--April 14, 2019. 1445-1700. After my exploration attempts were cut short this morning, I came back to UCC to check cover boards and explore a little bit. The coverboards…
This afternoon I decided to go check the 36 metal and wood cover boards I placed on the Umpqua Community College (UCC) property on 21 March 2017. It has been…
Winchester, OR--March 21, 2019. After scouting the area yesterday, I brought all my materials and a couple helpers--my sons Daniel and Stephen--to put out the cover boards. I had also…
Winchester, OR--March 20, 2017. In order to begin some regular, "passive" inventory of herpetiles (primarily) on the Umpqua Community College (UCC) property, I decided to put out some cover boards…
Melrose, OR--March 11, 2017. 1445-1610, I was out starting to clean up the garden, but ... I found some things. We had put down some cardboard several places last year…
Ensatina (Ensatina eschscholtzii) Winchester, OR--March 1, 2017. 1200-1415, I explored the patch of conifers immediately NE of the Umpqua Community College (UCC) Gym/Pool/Tennis area. This area is fairly steep, with…
The second Reedsport Christmas Bird Count (CBC) was a great success! Although we had fewer participants and fewer bird numbers this year (a common report from CBCs this year), all…
We were fortunate to have a beautiful, though somewhat cold, day for the 43rd consecutive Roseburg-Sutherlin Christmas Bird Count (CBC). It started out just under freezing in most places and…
In December, 2015, Julie Edmonds had a female hummingbird at her feeder that looked different than her occasional Anna's. Julie lives near Drew, south of Tiller, in the foothills of…
The estuary of the largest coastal river between the Columbia and San Francisco now has a Christmas Bird Count. Why did this take so long? Perhaps because much of the…