Here’s a pano view of Southern Oregon’s Rogue Valley from my back veranda. Easy to see why I spend a lot of time hanging out there. You should see it at night. #Oregon#SouthernOregon#RogueValley#view#outlook
I used to post these over on the now dead to me #BirdApp.
I'm gonna continue that tradition by encouraging everyone across the #Fediverse to vote, no matter if it's a local or national election, just vote!! #Oregon#VoteByMail
#ClimateChange is terrible for low-lying swampland, especially under a governor doing his best Generalissimo Franco impressions. But the climate keeps warming the now-balmy #PacificNorthwest!
We have tourism, great food... no, superb food, lots of coffee, plenty of locals, no sales tax, low property values compared with our neighbors to the north and south and a real-life human governor! 😁
Baby #2 is here!! One parent is waiting here while the other is hunting on the other side of the overpass. I just love them. #Corvids#TeamCorvid#Oregon
If you follow this account, you know I love #insects. They are amazing, beautiful creatures worthy of protection and restoration.
But. A very few species, because of us putting them in the wrong place and changing the landscape and climate to suit them, can cause huge damage. The emerald ash borer is one of those few, and it just arrived in Oregon last year.
I don't have the lens to get a good picture of it (and won't get close enough to disturb them), but we have robin babies! Three giant mouths with bodies attached, being fed well judging by the few visits I watched. Always nice to see a new generation of a native bird, one we far too often take for granted.
Portland is expected to have its hottest mid-May weather in 35 years during this next week, as the US Pacific Northwest and western Canada broil under a heat dome similar to the one that brought record-breaking heat to the region in June 2021.
I've just had to put in one of my window AC units in May for the first time ever. Usually I wouldn't need AC before mid June.
I was stunned to see Ponytail Falls when I rounded the corner while hiking this last Saturday. To my knowledge, this is the first time i’d ever seen it. This waterfall is above Horsetail Falls. So cool to be able to walk behind the falls and feel the power of nature.
Totally smitten and impressed by the pluck of this tree swallow practicing eir routine on the willow pommel horse even in the midst of the rain and the ambient sounds of the nearby highway.
Opalcreek.org is hiring a full time cook for their forest retreat. This is a full-time for 10.5 months, permanent/seasonal, salaried position, with housing, 15 days paid vacation plus 6 holidays, 80% health, dental, vision coverage. #fedihired#oregon
Differential weathering of volcanic tuff at The Pinnacles area at Crater Lake. Mazama Ash deposits hundreds of meters in thickness have slightly different secondary mineralization and some have cap stones atop the spires that stand in relief…slightly shielding the weakly altered tuff below them.
Although an apron of ash deposits flank the volcano in all directions, this is the only place such deposits have formed in such dramatic display.
This Friday in Corvallis, OR, the Northwest's biggest collection of insects and other arthropods (over 3 million specimens) is open to the public for a rare open house and guided tours.
There are also a bunch of plant-related events happening this week -- workshops, talks, etc -- but the bug tour is the highlight. That's where I'll be on Friday.
The angle of repose on a beach face is directly related to grain size and roundness, with grain size (positive correlation) seemingly more important than roundness (negative correlation). This is perhaps the steepest beach in the Northwest…and maybe with the roundest sediment.
I call this bowling ball beach, because when the waves lift and move the cobbles, it sounds like pins falling at a bowling alley…and because the stones are very obviously shaped.