Another day at the park
and, amazing things to see … dancing pigeons, reflected mill race grasses, oil paint trees and a solitary still blooming flower … clicking on a photo opens a better resolution view
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Kirby’s VERY favorite photos from 2025
My kestrel persona, Kirby from Cascade Raptor Center, selects her favorite pictures from the blog over the last year. This set of photos are her ‘VERY favorite’ … these she found to be the very best and wants to keep looking at them. Full resolution photos are posted at Adobe – the ‘VERY BEST‘ gallery….
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Kirby’s almost favorite photos from 2025
My kestrel persona, Kirby from Cascade Raptor Center, selects her favorite pictures from the blog over the last year. This set of photos are her ‘almost favorites’ … they were good, but not quite good enough. Often, the subject or content was really good, but the photo quality stretched. Full resolution photos are posted at…
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Winter is in the air
I ended up hiking my third selection after discarding the other 2 due to too much driving for their experiences. Spencer Butte had not been hiked in weeks, so logically Ridgeline Trail from Spring Blvd starting early in morning. From Spring Blvd at 6:22, it was straight to Spencer Butte summit with headlamp on between…
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Magical mists
Another very short break in winter weather in the valley but fog – thick in places. Went to bed contemplating 3 hikes, and then with the morning weather – cloud cover and fog – decided a Pisgah Ramble was the right choice. I left the West trailhead before 6:30am with 8 cars in the parking…
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Mid morning mist
The camera can say it better – all taken Mon, 11-17
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Herons and kingfishers
Weather peeps said maybe rain early and then fog later but not cold … good weather for November 🙂 … but, I just couldn’t get in a car. So I headed for the bark dust trail (Pre’s Trail) along the Mill Race and Willamette River. Walking along the water early in the morning landscapes are…
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Pisgah above the fog
With a break in the atmospheric river dumping rain on PNW, getting out in the woods sounded perfect, but I didn’t want to drive. (After driving back – forth from PDX last week.) Ran through the mental exercise of comparing near-by locations by number of anticipated humans, probability of wildlife and a good set of…
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Color and dinosaurs on the Mill Race
An atmospheric river of rain pointed at the PNW argued for heading outdoors within any seam in the storms. Tuesday was just such a day, but I just couldn’t get in a car to drive … so Pre’s Trails along the Mill Race and then on to the WIllamette River. Along the Mill Race, the…
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Cold mornings around the lakes
All week, the mornings were cold less than 40 with wind that made it feel much, much colder. Every morning with headlamp on, deer went back and forth from fields to woods; cars zoomed like idiots. One just barely missed a deer, one car hit another, but the deer survived and ran off. Reminder: Clicking…
