Matt Hunter
Consulting Wildlife Ecologist, Field Naturalist & Guide
Featured Photo (by Connie Page): Birders scanning trees, pasture and fence lines along a country road.This post synthesizes two documents I created about 10 years ago, one for an inland and one…
Featured Image: In the low light of dawn, in sub-freezing temperatures, a lone Snow Goose flies with a group of Cackling Geese at Ford's Pond, west of Sutherlin, December 17,…
Featured Photo: A female Northern Harrier hunts over the new Bar Run Golf Course at Umpqua Sand & Gravel. Photo by Matt HunterBoth local and out-of-town birders put in an…
Featured Photo: Connie Page and Rick Kreofsky in some thick early morning fog up Aerie Lane. Photo by Tess Kreofsky.The spirits of Douglas County birders were undaunted by the trials…
We had a wet day, but I was amazed at the happy and smiling faces at our countdown dinner. Despite the rain people enjoyed the day and had fun experiences…
This year we continued with a trend of new people joining the CBC: Thank-you Carol C, Cindy B, Marnie K, Angie W, Eric S, Maris W, Christine S, Jim H,…
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…
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…