Matt Hunter
Consulting Wildlife Ecologist, Field Naturalist & Guide
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…
(Above) A lone Osoberry (also called Indian Plum, Oemleria cerasiformis) provides hope for spring in the riparian understory along the North Umpqua River at River Forks Park. This is one…
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…
Above: A large Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) basks in the sun at Ford's Pond, April 18, 2019.Sutherlin, OR--April 18, 2019. This afternoon I spent a short 1 hour 45…
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…