Recent #wildlife and nature #photography from near home in SW #Oregon My work is represented by ZUMAPRESS.com #birds

A great blue heron takes flight while hunting rodents in an old orchard in rural AW #Oregon. Heavy rains have caused rivers to run high, forcing local herons to seek alternative hunting areas beyond their usual pursuit of fish and amphibians #wildlifephotography #photography #birds

Feeling a little squirrely:
Spotted this guy keeping watch, and now he’s keeping watch from The Times “News in Pictures” My work is represented by ZUMAPress.com
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Love is in the Air: A male California ground #squirrel, right, flirts with a female on a hillside along a country road today in rural SW #Oregon. Males typically emerge earlier in the season than females to establish dominance and improve mating opportunities #wildlifephotography #photography

A Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon form) lifts off from a barbed-wire fence along a country road in SW #Oregon. Many Oregon juncos breed in higher mountain forests and move downslope into valleys and lowlands during the cooler months #birds #wildlifephotography My work is represented by @ZUMAPRESS.com

A few recent photographs from near home in SW #Oregon #photography #wildlifephotogeaphy My work is represented by ZUMAPRESS.com

Cool! We have the Lesser Goldfinch over here in Oregon. It looks remarkably similar. The beak is slightly different and your bird has a black bib

Shake it Off! Heavy rain falls as one of a pair of week-old lambs shakes off water on a hillside in rural SE #Oregon #photography #cute #weather

Love bites! A male California ground #squirrel, left, gets a bite from a female during courtship today in SW #Oregon. In the breeding season, males engage in vigorous courtship, often chasing females and performing physical displays before attempting to mate #photography #wildlifephotography

Hightailing it! A California ground squirrel dashes across a county road today in southwestern #Oregon. During the breeding season, males engage in vigorous courtship, often chasing females and performing physical displays before attempting to mate #photography #wildlifephotograohy

Local Lamb, Global Fame:
Photographed in Oregon, published in The Times via ZUMA Press. Not bad for a subject that's only a few days old and mostly focused on milk and wobbling #cute #photography www.thetimes.com/uk/photograp... #photography

A days-old lamb runs through a pasture searching for its mother during a brief separation today on a ranch in rural southwestern #Oregon #photography #cute My work is represented by ZUMAPRESS.com

Thick frost forms on a farm fence and vegetation along a country road in rural southwestern #Oregon. The National Weather Service is predicting freezing fog for the area again overnight #photography #nature #winter

Thick frost forms on a farm fence along a country road in rural southwestern #Oregon. The National Weather Service is predicting freezing fog for the area overnight #nature #winter #photography

The winter sun sets behind deer skulls along a farm fence in rural southwestern #Oregon #photography #nature #sunset

Fence Post Still Life: A small mushroom grows from a moss covered wood fence post along a country road in rural southwestern #Oregon #macrophotography #nature #mushrooms

A western bluebird (Sialia mexicana) puffs up to keep warm on a rainy day while perches on a twig while hunting insects in a thicket near the Umpqua River today in SW #Oregon #birds #wildlifephotography #photography

When the camera adds ten pounds… of feathers: A plump California quail (Callipepla californica) forages on a hillside in southwestern #Oregon, its round, fluffed-up shape perfectly suited to a cool winter day.
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It was a western bluebird kind of day in SW #Oregon. I found a small flock of the little cuties hunting bugs in a pasture #birds #photography #wildlifephotography

The Ultimate Staring Contest: A bald eagle keeps watch from a perch overlooking the Umpqua River today in SW #Oregon. With exceptional visual acuity, four times sharper than that of humans, bald eagles can spot potential prey from more than a mile away #birds #wildlifephotography #photography

YouTube video by Robin Loznak A Year Outside: Wildlife and Nature Pictures from Robin Loznak

A look back at my 2025 year in nature #photography from my little corner of the world in SW #Oregon. I’m represented by @zumapress.bsky.social #wildlifephotography #birds youtu.be/UZ2NbE1okAM?...

Down the hatch! One of my favorite bird photos from 2025. A western bluebird feeds its fledgling in a SW #Oregon hazelnut orchard. My #photography is represented by @zumapress.bsky.social #birds #wildlife

A slug lifts its head and upper body while crossing a gravel trail today in SW #Oregon, a posture that helps it sense light and its surroundings using its tentacles #macrophotography #wildlifephotography #photography

A male California quail forages on a grassy hillside in rural SW #Oregon on an overcast Christmas Eve. Known for their distinctive forward-curving plume, California quail are highly social #birds that move and feed in groups called coveys, especially during winter #photography #wildlifephotography

Christmas Eve Tree Topper: A red-tailed hawk perches atop a Douglas fir on a ridge overlooking a pasture in rural Douglas County #Oregon on an overcast Christmas Eve afternoon #birds #wildlifephotography #ChistmasEve #photography

Tweet, tweet, tweet! My photo of a hungry holiday robin makes today’s News in Pictures gallery @thetimes.com via @zumapress.bsky.social #photography #birds #wildlifephotography www.thetimes.com/uk/photograp...

Blue Elderberry Blue elderberry (Sambucus mexicana, S. nigra ssp. caerulea) is a large, fast-growing native shrub with white flowers for pollinators and berries for birds.

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A North American robin tosses back holly berries while perched in a dense thicket today in SW #Oregon. Holly berries are toxic to humans, but some #birds, including robins, can eat them safely and rely on the fruit as an important cold-weather food source #photography #wildlifephotography

Elderberry Acrobatics: An American robin snacks on wild elderberries in a thicket along the Umpqua River in SW #Oregon #birds #wildlife #photography

Light rain falls as a western #bluebird (Sialia mexicana) perches on a sapling along a country road in rural SW #Oregon. Unlike many songbirds, the species often hunts insects by dropping to the ground from a perch, rather than catching them in midair #birds #wildlifephotography #photography