Matt Hunter
Consulting Wildlife Ecologist, Field Naturalist & Guide
Featured Photo: One of two nests used in 2022 to produce at least six young Black-crowned Night-Herons in central Douglas County, Oregon.On November 29, 2022, I slowly drove down a…
Featured Photo: Over 70 Turkey Vultures, frozen in as many different positions, in flight over the South Umpqua River, southwest Roseburg, Oregon, October 7, 2022. These were among many hundreds…
Featured Photo: A female Rufous Hummingbird approaches sap wells created by a Red-breasted Sapsucker in a willow tree trunk near a high meadow in the Umpqua Basin Cascades, western Oregon,…
Featured Photo: Adult Peregrine Falcon swoops near nesting cliffs at "The Honeycombs," a multi-unit rock-climbing location a few miles east of Idleyld Park, Oregon. The rock formation is named after…
In the summer of 2020 I constructed a 120-ft long stream with a small terminal pond for general enjoyment but primarily for attracting wildlife of all kinds, especially dragonflies. Design…
From a dream it came, and I began to work.... Exactly how the thought began, I don't recall. But once I imagined the possibility of attracting dragonflies and damselflies to…
Melrose, OR. During late fall or early winter, 2019, this dead Douglas-fir broke off about 8 ft above the ground and splintered into several more pieces when it hit the…
Roseburg, OR--I recently set up some trail cameras at a local stream here in the Umpqua Valley, mostly hoping to capture some images of American Beaver. This sequence shows an…
The Stewart Park Wildlife Area in west Roseburg, Oregon, has had a place in our hearts and lives for many decades. Some local citizens and city officials are taking steps…
Above: Odonatists photograph a Black Petaltail at close range, Todd Lake, Deschutes County, Oregon, August 1, 2008. Photo by Ed Lam.Are you ready to go look for Black Petaltails? This…