https://www.lousennickphotography.com/older-stuff daily 0.75 2025-09-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1733455209665-KYPRCXWYGJSIO9DBZSD5/1976+Shirley+Chisholm.jpg Older Stuff Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm meets with an audience after a speech at Marquette University in 1972. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1733455209665-KYPRCXWYGJSIO9DBZSD5/1976+Shirley+Chisholm.jpg Older Stuff Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm meets with an audience after a speech at Marquette University in 1972. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1733455256941-JI84P6LROTESOW8D2MIR/1982-83+MU+Hilltop+0010.jpg Older Stuff Marquette’s Doc Rivers plays during a game during the 1982-1983 season. He is back in Milwaukee as head coach for the Milwaukee Bucks. I was still learning how to follow focus the action! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1723848016054-0NCM3J2L97BNJCP7UHUP/_DSC6364.jpg Older Stuff Ronald Reagan campaigns in Milwaukee, Wisconsin for his first term as President. September 1980. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1757037365736-QMA3WA6PP7GDCYBRU2KN/_LFS0325-2+copy.jpg Older Stuff July 1987. President Ronald Reagan attends a Rotary Club lunch in West Bend, Wis. Here he speaks with the mayor, Michael Miller, before giving his speech. I asked him later why he was so serious, he said the President had told him a joke and was unsure how to respond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1731389962179-BG0Z7GWWT9SDRBHHAE5P/_LOU8088.jpg Older Stuff Moving dirt and gravel at the site of a new shopping center in West Bend, Wisconsin sometime in 1983. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1731389957979-GL7LJIKQT7ELO6MWK4N3/_DSC6820.jpg Older Stuff Wisconsin Badger football, mid 1980s while working in West Bend, Wis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1722558348837-P0QT5C6OLZ7IPWWFWRXS/Battery+Pt+Lthse+A086+copy+2.jpg Older Stuff Battery Point Lighthouse, Crescent City, California. March 2009. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1722558350711-U8NFBRDIFVXIFX8O0Q38/Redwoods+St+Park+B008+copy.jpg Older Stuff Jedidiah Smith State Redwood Forest bear Crescent City, California. March 2009. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1722387589468-Z9ZV68BMUJ1U35ZPR96Z/Sawtooth+NRA+B004+copy.jpg Older Stuff Sawtooth Mountains near Stanley, Idaho. August 2009. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1487821949025-A0TS6KOWDTEEWXW4EEVG/Grand+Canyon+National+Park+A062.jpg Older Stuff Grand Canyon National Park, September 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1487821948953-IV42GE96785VMAQPR4QL/Grand+Canyon+National+Park+A097.jpg Older Stuff Grand Canyon National Park, September 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1487821958774-RKZP8DWQ6S3SKJIEYKD1/Horseshoe+Bend+A026.jpg Older Stuff Horseshoe Bend near Page, Arizona. September 2016. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1487821963580-BFKC89I3NUAYI0A42RXY/Zion+National+Park+A317.jpg Older Stuff Zion National Park, September 2016. https://www.lousennickphotography.com/around-oregon daily 0.75 2025-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1760661104563-JYSWIIJT1Z3D8T8038HA/20250927+Clackamas+River+009+copy.jpg Around Oregon Changing seasons along the Clackamas River in the Mt. Hood National Forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1697416543860-FLYHVGLNNTFUNIP1LH9Z/20231015+Wildwood+0039+copy.jpg Around Oregon - 20231015 Wildwood 0039 copy.jpg https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1760661104563-JYSWIIJT1Z3D8T8038HA/20250927+Clackamas+River+009+copy.jpg Around Oregon Changing seasons along the Clackamas River in the Mt. Hood National Forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1747522174454-8L5XBL3WNP7AXBKGV4GM/20250513+Malheur+NWR+B085+copy.jpg Around Oregon A dead trees leans against a well worn volcanic rock falling apart at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1747521909672-UUZ58VXGQRUBINLYGQ9Y/20250512+CCC+Camp+Gap+A068+copy.jpg Around Oregon One of a couple remaining buildings at Camp Gap in Eastern Oregon. The Civilian Conservation Corps camp was opened in 1933 during the Great Depression where people worked on various public works projects in this part of Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1747521910509-KDN2U10E85S70EVOEFJ2/20250513+Diamond+Craters++A055+copy.jpg Around Oregon One of several volcanic craters and remains in Eastern Oregon’s Diamond Craters Outstanding Natural Area. The craters are the remnants of volcanic activity about 17,000 years ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1741643404108-6EBANC28FR1RK3L5AQVV/20250307+Clackamas+Rvr+152+copy.jpg Around Oregon A stand of trees overlooking Big Eddy on the Clackamas River. This stand of trees survived the Riverside Fire in the Fall of 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1740420224659-FL8HWSBDRET5326F3S8V/20250221+Mt+Hood+007+copy.jpg Around Oregon '‘Snow caps for a winter nap.” Restrooms at the White River West Sno-Park in the Mt. Hood National Forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1636432809088-ASXZP0N2LUS41AHZWY1V/20211108+Salmon+River+0103-Enhanced+copy.jpg Around Oregon Broken tree along the Salmon River near Welches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1730340282677-AA79A2OE79YT5LXILKTS/20241029+Trillium+Lake+0290+copy.jpg Around Oregon Fall foliage along the shore of Trillium Lake, Mt. Hood National Forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1730340280792-WMH93K1JPVMIHEBW6FE4/20241029+Sahale+Falls+0068-HDR+copy.jpg Around Oregon A touch of snow on the branches of trees surrounding Sahale Falls in the Mt. Hood National Forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1714798440938-4IVGETUXNEYA244A4XN1/20240503+Clackamas+River+0033+copy.jpg Around Oregon High water mark, log on a boulder in the Clackamas River, Mt. Hood National Forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1713586488880-CK6R2C485L3QZ4JWHE0O/20240419+Trilliums+0093+copy.jpg Around Oregon A Western White Trillium blooms under the cover of some ferns in the Wildwood Recreation Area near Welches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1711307410754-1906ILV754LQM1X36V1W/20240320+Munson+Creek+0013+copy.jpg Around Oregon Moss on trees surround the cascading Munson Creek in Tillamook County. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1628217498860-AJEN0MZ8DEIT76HUBZEH/20210726+Sumpter+C0020.jpg Around Oregon The wood skeleton of a gold dredge stick out from a pond, left and destroyed where it worked along Cracker Creek near Sumpter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1709652577843-IUPFVOSLA13DPY3CDYUL/202400304+Snow+Wildwood+0149.jpg Around Oregon Snow on the branches of a fallen tree at the Wildwood Recreation Area near Welches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1702151098748-FQ87KCY6TEZVACZ2M838/20231208+Clackamas+River+0003.jpg Around Oregon Remnant of Fall along the Clackamas River outside of Estacada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1697428994436-GDG5O68DUC4T1YUKUXDY/20231015+Wildwood+0035.jpg Around Oregon Salmon River near Welches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1697329754021-9IL8GEPGIAVZSFQCRET9/20231013+L+ZigZag+Riv+Falls+0096.jpg Around Oregon Little Zig Zag River, near the falls, Mt. Hood National Forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1690829881439-88Q28A5EY37KUL5ZROWQ/20230725+Yaquina+Head+Light+0088.jpg Around Oregon Early morning fog lifts and reveals a bit of a rainbow at the Yaquina Head Lighthouse. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1687648344386-PJB7X458CRACON0F6VUO/20230623+Big+Eddy++0044+copy.jpg Around Oregon An evening on the Clackamas River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1687648343279-RYGN7MIAQ96WA7JYYNZE/20230623+Native+Plants+0105.jpg Around Oregon Farewell to Spring blooms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1687138467264-BTU1L7FZD6TP83D5QHQA/20230612+Light+%2B+Waves+A0070.jpg Around Oregon Sunlight pokes through on the shore on an afternoon with marine fog rolling in the breeze north of Florence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1687137926661-RASY4PSVECQX8O5Q23QM/20230612+Pitcher+Plants+C0098.jpg Around Oregon Darlingtonia pitcher plants in bloom north of Florence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1687137927055-CV9055SSIL7VPF8IP5S1/20230613+Heceta+Head+area+B+0104.jpg Around Oregon Heceta Head lighthouse surrounded by a marine fog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1656736016077-E1W9I1B2MNMG8U0LYLCP/20220614+Malheur+NWR+D0026.jpg Around Oregon Hieroglyphic carvings on a rock in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge south of Burns in Harney County. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1652407969804-3MV0UKNKC8BCJXK6BH32/20220511+Clackamas+River+0187.jpg Around Oregon A hidden, possibly a seasonal waterfall, is uncovered and surrounded by blackened trees along the Clackamas River Highway 224 outside of Estacada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1651964414590-TDSCPADCMYAW73TX9IXE/20220502+Burnt+Stump+0039.jpg Around Oregon New green life contrasts with the blackened tree stump burnt in the Riverside Fire along the Clackamas River. The long-closed Highway 224 near Estacada has reopened after the September 2020 wildfire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1551658511881-BNEL4Q76ZE8DT7CR42HZ/20190303+Red+Barn+0019.jpg Around Oregon Red barn along Highway 224 in Eagle Creek. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1637536975529-BKN8WW162VEYQ05Y2N5C/20211112+Peter+Iredale+0167-Enhanced+copy.jpg Around Oregon The wreck of the Peter Iredale in the surf at Ft. Stevens State Park near Warrenton. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1632537568220-OAU9I1KSGOE8TJFQHRPJ/20210924+N+Fork+Resevoir+0066-Enhanced.jpg Around Oregon Playing in the light, North Fork Reservoir above Estacada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1628217501047-5NXFHIAONNDIZ5LCUUP1/20210729+Prineville+Resv+B0068.jpg Around Oregon In late July 2021, a Juniper stump sits in the cracked mud in the Prineville Reservoir. Drought has left this, and many other bodies of water in Eastern Oregon very low. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1625022786020-85I90Y59S6JQ4MUH5ISS/20210621+Harney+Ranch+0007.jpg Around Oregon A rancher cuts grass in a circular field in Harney County south of Burns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1625022784868-I0M04LLCRKN32DDVZU5Z/20210621+Horse+Storm+0021.jpg Around Oregon A beam of sunlight pokes through the clouds behind the silhouette of a horse next to the BLM Horse Corals outside of Hines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1625022789474-34670NMQGQ63VUL1HCY6/20210621+Round+Barn+B0037.jpg Around Oregon Inside the center of the Peter French Round Barn in Harney County. It is the last round barn remanent from early ranching days in the area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1625022789886-BAA31UDDBGJT1H51CH6E/20210622+Crack+in+the+Ground+0193.jpg Around Oregon The trail winds through the Crack in the Ground trail left when a section of the Four Craters Lava Bed near Christmas Valley split apart. The trail and lava beds are part of a wilderness study area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1567307372894-UPTLEJMIQIA7DZ6SLPF5/20190823+Lava+Field+0089.jpg Around Oregon Bright yellow Gray Rabbitbrush (Ericameria nauseosa) shines in the sun along the Trail of the Molten Lands in the Newberry National Volcanic Monument near Sunriver, Oregon. In the backgrond are Mt. Bachelor, the Three Sisters of the Cascade Mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1625022793361-ATMO0U1U8JRG2AY5OEP9/20210623+Fort+Rock+B0441.jpg Around Oregon Fort Rock under a cloudless sky. The rim of a former volcano is in the northern part of Lake County. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1625022795307-6XE8F2NJSDCMY0YWJN8O/20210623+Ta+Ta+Tree+0039.jpg Around Oregon A little humorous and very powerful at the same time, a sign on the back of this tree says it is the Oregon Tittie Tree. Hundreds of bras and bikini tops are in the branches honoring those women who have battled breast cancer. The tree is along Oregon Highway 31 near Silver Lake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1625022797941-0RIWI1EGRFYVNDBC3K93/20210624+Clearwater+Falls+0038-Enhanced.jpg Around Oregon Part of the Clearwater River Falls in the Umpqua National Forest along Oregon Highway 138. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1619398602866-UV1DGZH7HRK1E3LMLXZF/20210419+Trillum+0070-Enhanced.jpg Around Oregon Trillium flower (Trillium grandiflorum) in the middle of ferns growing on a bank near Siletz Bay south of Lincoln City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1619398599903-ATBLIS1X47NX5S3HS2T3/20210418+Rapeseed+Field+0054+10x30jpg.jpg Around Oregon Field in bloom near Dallas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1619398602977-62NPER490VUI404RHGDP/20210419+Fogarty+Creek++0122-Enhanced.jpg Around Oregon On the beach at Fogarty Creek south of Lincoln City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1567307372133-0OC1OZUQIR6BW1TQ1I72/20190823+Lava+Field+0142.jpg Around Oregon A tree grows on the top of a lava rock on the Trail of the Molten Rock at the Lava Lands near Sunriver, Oregon. The lands are part of the Newberry National Volcanic Monument in central Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1560966090634-LIHDWHIXDQK0A5OIVZJ7/20190507+Latourelle+Falls+0314.jpg Around Oregon Latourell Falls, Columbia River Gorge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1560966105814-SAIZM4U9F7NXTV475YW7/20190617+Jonsrud_Mt+Hood+0001.jpg Around Oregon Mt. Hood lit by the last rays of the sun photographed from Jonsrud viewpoint in Sandy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1554951039382-IWI3LUQ9P6C3Z3FYUUR6/20190402+Siletz+Bay+032.jpg Around Oregon A walker takes an afternoon stroll on a sandbar at the mouth of Siletz Bay in Lincoln City as storm clouds move in. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1509071223880-80VXBXGX2L1EVBWK331W/20171025+Sandstone+Bridge0012.jpg Around Oregon Fall leaves near the Sandstone Bridge, Clackamas River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1489965479503-EX95KJICPTHZGLHUK1OJ/Little+Zig+Zag+River+8575.jpg Around Oregon Falls along the Little Zig Zag River https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1491327899896-40AS7AG4A5HV7BD6MFY7/W+Frk+Millicoma+009a.jpg Around Oregon West Fork of the Millicoma River, Coos County. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1528754647756-WOPXHZL7A1X3ODV8CLYN/20180328+Clackamas+River0041.jpg Around Oregon Big Eddy area of the Clackamas River. https://www.lousennickphotography.com/gigs daily 0.75 2024-06-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1717357575419-H0RN6SVMAKWPI228JQ2R/20240601+Chainsaw+Carvers+0022+copy.jpg People and Stuff Sawdust and shavings fly as Tyler Strauslin carves his cedar sculpture during the Sandy (Oregon) Invitational Chainsaw Carving competition that was part of the 2nd Annual SICC Forestry Festival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1717357575419-H0RN6SVMAKWPI228JQ2R/20240601+Chainsaw+Carvers+0022+copy.jpg People and Stuff Sawdust and shavings fly as Tyler Strauslin carves his cedar sculpture during the Sandy (Oregon) Invitational Chainsaw Carving competition that was part of the 2nd Annual SICC Forestry Festival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1690830188649-JFHWCAKQHG51JSRS088B/2023076+Roads+End+Beach+0044.jpg People and Stuff A kitesurfer rides the winds and waves at Road’s End Park in Lincoln City, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1690830188902-3FQKT94JUD6P6PTBRYP8/20230726+Pacific+City+0036.jpg People and Stuff Two surfers share a wave in Pacific City, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1686506891205-FLC59HK8ODVAV2DTN5Y0/20230610+Evan+Baseball+0298+web.jpg People and Stuff Stealing home, Reedville Baseball. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1680222487538-LF3OIT87ZGP2D01AIVSA/20230321+Road%27s+End++0070.jpg People and Stuff Swirly kite tail, Road’s End Lincoln City, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1666293210821-GND3KLZCQEL5P2U0O7OO/20221016+Seaside++0063.jpg People and Stuff Swings and smiles, Seaside, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1663012491236-UPBLY3VG3MY1J1EQRMLW/202200911+Evan+plays+ball+0279.jpg People and Stuff Evan Phillips pitches an inning of baseball as the start of Fall league in Reedville. (Note: he is one of my grandsons, couldn’t resist. This is part of my Grandpa job!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1660927372088-SBE0SB5TI2YDGTZ8SHIZ/20220816+End+of+the+Road+0013.jpg People and Stuff Evening walk on the beach, Lincoln City, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1660959653757-SAMPBQBK4IUO9M23BZF0/20220817+Pacific+City++A0013.jpg People and Stuff A surfer heads off the Pacific City Beach into a bit of fog sitting low over the ocean. In the back is Chief Kiawanda Rock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1660959657942-VY28P2J6UE5CS1J8SRN7/20220817+Pacific+City++A0198.jpg People and Stuff Two surfers head back to the ocean off Pacific City Beach with Chief Kiawanda Rock in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1660959656656-H7ACQ9FXX4KCGTKNC6N7/20220817+Pacific+City++A0075.jpg People and Stuff People climb the steep and sandy hillside to get to the top of Capa Kiawanda from the Pacific City Beach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1631855214533-OTCUU8YCU2QQQYGRI37Y/2021094%2B5+Races+B1142-2.jpg People and Stuff Racing under the lights at the Rainier (Washington) Cycle Bowl. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1660193101373-E83WX96MPHI792P2EUCB/20220810+Clackamas+River+0084.jpg People and Stuff Three people, center top, send loose rocks down the slope as works continues on Highway 224 along the Clackamas River. Clearing and repairs of the highway and area is still going on after the Riverside Fire in September 2020 outside of Estacada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1628218186794-L61GJ2WLADIF2EX874LV/20210728+Crooked+River+0077.jpg People and Stuff Fly fishing in the Crooked River Canyon south of Prineville, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1629939834424-3Y5JQEYGSWAM0O33YD1R/20210824+Hood+River+0088+copy.jpg People and Stuff A kiteboarder catches some air as he sails across the Columbia River at Hood River, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1575841601294-FMG1S8XRKR47B3PQFVQC/20191207+Umbrella+Parade+094.jpg People and Stuff Hundreds gather along Main Street in Milwaukie, Oregon, for the annual Umbrella Parade which finished up with the tree lighting in front of city hall. They were also joined by a few Disney characters which attracted the attention of many kids. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1575841601854-1UZUNMD67Z3FXET1IDV2/20191207+Umbrella+Parade+044.jpg People and Stuff Hundreds gather along Main Street in Milwaukie, Oregon, for the annual Umbrella Parade which finished up with the tree lighting in front of city hall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1574626557684-T21Z6OJN92RJBIMIGLFR/20191116+Women+Bld+0291.jpg People and Stuff Habitat for Humanity women’s build at Cully Place, Portland, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1574626559459-4M2JRKPVNHY7YOX3VJ6W/20191109+Habitat+Killingsworth+0190.jpg People and Stuff Learning how to operate the saw at Cully Place, Habitat for Humanity, Portland, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1565930646950-C2P4K1NTRN6XZE6SGFNX/20190809+Mural+Works+0251.jpg People and Stuff Pamela Smithsted works on one of the figures on the “Peaceful Vistas” mural restoration project in downtown Sandy, Oregon. The mural was originally created by Roger Cooke in 1993 on the side of the Ace Hardware store. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1562713912025-UKLKB5BIZ7HD2M6YNEMK/201900707+Chalk+Art+Two+0155.jpg People and Stuff Avery Vaughn is one of several people who used chalk on the sidewalk around the Sandy Library creating artwork with the theme of “Rain Only Down the Drain” contest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1599521326205-KUZWLRHAWCB6NRS1RGCO/20190825+Sunriver+Swim+0035.jpg People and Stuff Keeping cool in the summer on the water slide in Sunriver, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1504579446616-DL4DCDT2K77JLEJLJPE4/20170904+Smoky+Sunset0055.jpg People and Stuff Smoky end to Labor Day near Sandy, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1541014792994-T2738ASCNX0M83LBQGFD/20180930+Train+Park+0113.jpg People and Stuff Heading out with a full head of steam. Mollala Train Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1494041647018-JZVF1UGSS7GNOGU638E9/20170421+Tulip+Farm0159.jpg People and Stuff Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival near Woodburn, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1521750983316-JUAI0MTVVL9LX46VE3ZE/Monday+B1.jpg People and Stuff Lady Pirates Take Championship https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1541014794674-BJLQZ63GWEI7QSFSRO1O/20181030+Fall+Fishing+++0038.jpg People and Stuff Fishing on the calm waters of North Fork Resevoir in late October. Few miles south of Estacada, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1521750983068-18YGCAK9QRS46EEAO4E8/monday+A1.jpg People and Stuff https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1528754672042-MMZJD6G5NV89R8TA2SKO/20180507+Seaside+B0073.jpg People and Stuff Giant kites flying in Seaside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1489965483911-VB3LUU2IJK91PIGIAVUC/Log+Ship+Loading+217.jpg People and Stuff Log Ship loading in North Bend, Oregon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1521834975457-EZM6QMP38G4J6LB85ERO/030918-tw-spt-mhsgirlsvsbanks0013.jpg People and Stuff Marshfield vs Banks Girls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1491327892321-0BYWLQYUSABFZWXK785O/OR-LFS57-070.jpg People and Stuff Halibut catch, Port Orford. https://www.lousennickphotography.com/critters-large-and-small daily 0.75 2025-08-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1755824150053-58WV584OU9NCZ5XR0JGN/20250814+County+Fair+018+copy.jpg Critters, Big and Small Snoozing away an afternoon at the Clackamas County Fair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1755824150053-58WV584OU9NCZ5XR0JGN/20250814+County+Fair+018+copy.jpg Critters, Big and Small Snoozing away an afternoon at the Clackamas County Fair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1660927542206-75GNZV52KPGDMUNHO10D/20220816+Yaquina+Head+0021.jpg Critters, Big and Small Turkey Vulture, (Cathartes aura) soars over Yaquina Head Natural Area near Newport, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1754854965027-VY92HYX8R95WJEGZJRQP/20250805+Flowers+++087+copy.jpg Critters, Big and Small Busy bee on a Coneflower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1747521687933-ZUL6BUY2ZWM48BAHX3RS/20250512+Malheur+NWR++A077+copy.jpg Critters, Big and Small A Black-necked Stilt wades through the grass and water at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge south of Burns, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1747521686411-VEWEQ1JX6299V1LEHRGB/20250513+Diamon+Craters+B008+copy.jpg Critters, Big and Small With a little rain falling, a Rock Wren calls home among the rocks and craters at the Diamond Craters Outstanding Natural Area in Eastern Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1720752034149-5RPA9X9YACI2GZT5572K/20240708+Hummingbird+0011+copy.jpg Critters, Big and Small Hummingbird searching for nectar in some blooms in Sandy, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1660927425795-OF0QZEJ1SGGA7JAB4HT5/20220816+Yaquina+Head+0021.jpg Critters, Big and Small https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1711307895322-VWJ3ZC0QI1QA9M2CN66Q/20240319+Beaver+Creek+A0083+copy.jpg Critters, Big and Small A pair of Canada geese hide in the reeds and grass in the Beaver Creek Natural Area in Lincoln County, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1711307513118-2FVUJF8Y948YP6UPLNZM/20240319+Beaver+Creek+B0036+copy.jpg Critters, Big and Small A Black-capped Chickadee feeds on some new Spring shoots on a tree in the Beaver Creek Natural Area south of Newport, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1711307514052-3NSM5YFLEI6IBQOI73IW/20240318+Basket+Slough+A0051+copy.jpg Critters, Big and Small Two Gadwalls paddle around and feed in one of the ponds in the Basket Slough National Wildlife Refuge west of Salem, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1708885645773-0NX52SFH6XV2D6XAXYCQ/20240223+Ridgefield+NWR+0163+10x20.jpg Critters, Big and Small A pair of Northern Shovelers feed at the Ridgefield, Wash., National Wildlife Refuge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1687138324885-PY7GKWTSM14GZRGKC80Q/20230612+Crow+0026.jpg Critters, Big and Small A crow keeps an eye on visitors near Heceta Head along the Oregon Coast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1690830110150-VDKUZ81E6KX2S6WEOX0G/20230726+Fogarty+Creek+B0005.jpg Critters, Big and Small Two otter pups swim in Fogarty Creek, Lincoln County, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1687138326738-MF8X5W60FK3KO9AWOKI8/20230613+Rabbits_Siltcoos+0047.jpg Critters, Big and Small A rabbit finds a tasty meal on some leaves in the Siltcoos Recreation Area south of Florence, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1687138030700-BLM75D8Q5NXK7JABXAF4/20230613+Heceta+Head+Area+A+0073.jpg Critters, Big and Small A Cormorant nesting colony on the rocks above the Pacific Ocean near Heceta Head. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1661917172287-6GBXQKMP6FZWODB7073G/20220828+Woodland+Skipper+0054+copy.jpg Critters, Big and Small A Woodland Skipper (Ochiodes slylvanoides) takes a sip from a small flower with its long proboscis above Estacada, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1660949623590-JXI0R7E7GNV85KP3FSPU/20220817+Netarts+Bay+A0208.jpg Critters, Big and Small Four Brown Pelicans (Pelicanus occidentalis) fly over Netarts Bay along the Oregon Coast for a meal. Several of the birds were flying over the water and then suddenly diving toward a fish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1660192894489-GRPAV6TTSW3I6TSE1SNU/20220805+Dragonfly+0118.jpg Critters, Big and Small Eight-spotted skimmer Dragonfly (Libellula forensis) stands on the tip of a branch near Ripplebrook, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1658252858069-EZKUJE104D5W73QJ2LNQ/20220715+Hummingbirds+0037.jpg Critters, Big and Small A hummingbird, perhaps a young Black-Chinned female, rests for a few seconds on a Crocosmia Lucifer branch in Sandy, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1656736583743-XE498MWDNZ7LKHKL8Z34/20220615+Malheur+NWR+A0326.jpg Critters, Big and Small A female Red-Winged Blackbird (Ageaius phoeniceus) sings in the sunshine at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge south of Burns, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1656736583920-94G8OKYESQBWJKUSUSUA/20220614+Malheur+NWR+A0091.jpg Critters, Big and Small A White-faced Ibis searches for food in mud flat in one of the ponds at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Harney County, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1628217956310-QCRN9ND5LS0CWVE9K66H/20210726+Sumpter+0011.jpg Critters, Big and Small Bird on a wire, a Western Bluebird (Sialia Mexican) rests in Sumpter, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1625023819334-VOG36HR7S64QT7QSZUJ6/20210619+Quail+0088.jpg Critters, Big and Small A California Quail (Callipepla calfornica) stands on a fence in Canyon County, Idaho. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1625023826693-8S5D5PX6A7O7K80J3KL3/20210621+Malheur+NWR+0088.jpg Critters, Big and Small An American Coot (Fulica americana) swims around some reeds in a small pond in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge south of Burns, Oregon. Years of drought have left many ponds and marshes dry this year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1625023831241-C7DEY8KBG8QZST6XBYUW/20210622+Crack+in+the+Ground+0234-Enhanced.jpg Critters, Big and Small Two juvenile Common Ravens (Corvus corax) sit in their nest waiting for the adults to bring them food. The two are in their nest inside the Crack in the Ground near Christmas Valley, Oregon. They look like they won’t be in the nest much longer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1570221988899-T2G30WOCE3N214V0J6PI/20190923+Yaquina+Head+279.jpg Critters, Big and Small A gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus), with barnacles showing on the top of the head, feeds in the waters off the Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area near Newport, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1531955435822-QHL8OYYVY9R34146DD2L/20180718+Butterfly+0124.jpg Critters, Big and Small Oregon Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilio machaon oregonia), Sandy, Oregon. https://www.lousennickphotography.com/black-and-white daily 0.75 2025-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1747522431283-FYR66OR9W7U5EW6AAXBL/20250513+Diamond+Craters++A111+copy.jpg Black and White Black basalt rocks are frozen in time, showing how lava flowed from this volcanic crater at the Diamond Crater Outstanding Natural Area in Eastern Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1721448995677-R2AHN8UQSSZISQ5PL8AJ/20240719%2BHay%2BBales%2B0073%2Bcopy.jpg Black and White - 20240719+Hay+Bales+0073+copy.jpg Bales of grass wait to be gathered up and stored for winter feed, south of Sandy, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1747522431283-FYR66OR9W7U5EW6AAXBL/20250513+Diamond+Craters++A111+copy.jpg Black and White Black basalt rocks are frozen in time, showing how lava flowed from this volcanic crater at the Diamond Crater Outstanding Natural Area in Eastern Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1747522432083-ACFLFUZ9123DPPPJJQVM/20250513+Malheur+NWR+B215+copy.jpg Black and White The Long Barn is one a few pieces left from the P Ranch near Frenchglen, Oregon. The barn is part of the historic ranch built in the early 1880’s by rancher Peter French. The site is now part of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1731100624761-FZN0JWI6P7WSFODWPOYN/20241107+Ridgefield+NWR+083+copy.jpg Black and White Teasel, webs and morning dew. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1730341987943-P13T71VN0G8KOZE3D0DK/20241029+Sahale+Falls+0127+copy.jpg Black and White Early season snow bends grass near Sahale Falls in the Mt. Hood National Forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1721449152563-8RN8AE9YUH0CIOJGVECP/20240719+Hay+Bales+0073+copy.jpg Black and White Round bales of grass sit in a field south of Sandy, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1711307687920-ZZAINODEL67L6MSIHIYT/20240319+Devils+Punchbowl+0113+copy.jpg Black and White Cormorants roost on a rock at Otter Rock in Lincoln County, Oregon next to the Devil’s Punchbowl. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1711307686445-N5NQJIIBP4XC67KSFICM/20240320+Dead+Snags+0121+copy.jpg Black and White Dead snags reach for the cloudy sky along a road between Sand Lake and Cape Lookout on the Oregon Coast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1711307688642-N0ULY50KXT9IKKXG86MS/20240320+Dead+Snags+0048+copy.jpg Black and White Dead snags reach for the cloudy sky along a road between Sand Lake and Cape Lookout on the Oregon Coast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1696732996500-JN1EMF7EGB2PRX1Y9847/20231007+Clackamas+River+0033.jpg Black and White Three years after the Riverside Fire, Clackamas River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1691711643030-TFP479QVFX8C3XZPOVJQ/20230809+Ridgefield+NWR+B0025.jpg Black and White Nooks and crannies of old age. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1690861635020-MBNGJIOCFHMTB6ZGZXYN/20230725+Roads+End+Beach+0012.jpg Black and White Footprints in the sand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1690861635304-ED7RBRMHK05JG2LAVRDB/20230725+Roads+End+Beach+0063.jpg Black and White End of the day stroll on the beach at Road’s End in Lincoln City, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1687137776602-Q0JPDTABNNCKOVGW1AFQ/20230613+Driftwood+B0008.jpg Black and White Driftwood in the Siltcoos Recreation Area south of Florence, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1687137778798-7RSW6RXLVF9GXFQBG8SD/20230612+N+Jetty+Florence+B0091.jpg Black and White Light and shadow of beach grass and sand, Florence, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1687137779395-K9DURVPR5ROPJ1TVYD9H/20230612+N+Jetty+Florence+A0038.jpg Black and White Afternoon walk on Florence, Oregon’s north jetty area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1549580914205-C9VWY0O6PV9TBE41ETUJ/20190207+Clackamas+River+Stuff+A0177.jpg Black and White Snow on the docks at Promentory Park along the Clackamas River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1684553344027-ZKWE8EDFYTMHSQN8LILK/20230519+Ridgefield+NWR+0071.jpg Black and White A Tree Swallow does its morning stretch at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1684119140378-IXJL1OSM8OAY90ND7GVI/20230510+White+River+0133+copy.jpg Black and White Snow melt along the White River, Mt. Hood National Forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1680222353502-EXHYPTAJST6LDRTHWIB0/20230322+Beaver+Creek++0112.jpg Black and White Beaver Creek State Natural Area south of Newport, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1680222348574-V4KXRS87QI9TKRAHPO8G/20230323+Fogarty+Creek+0008.jpg Black and White Wood debris on Fogarty Beach in Lincoln, County, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1675537122769-6JTHSFKD60GA53YSS8KT/20230131+On+Ice+0035+copy.jpg Black and White Stick and leaf in an ice puddle along Highway 224 above Estacada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1487821927538-IFRETUAI0HOOSKM2R68J/b%26w+Grand+Canyon+National+Park+B159.jpg Black and White Grand Canyon National Park https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1670044663145-VGBABW67XHNUZS4V1YNN/20221130+Late+Fall+0005.jpg Black and White Late Fall, Meinig Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1670044665530-ESZ54X17NNP5JAKB3KRO/20221130+Late+Fall+0025.jpg Black and White Late Fall, Meinig Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1665289580262-9XINX9UD98STM8MVEA7X/20221006+Big+Eddy+0157+copy+2.jpg Black and White Last bit of sun on tree near Big Eddy along the Clackamas River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1660927253564-6ZW54XOF6DO6G3NB312R/20220817+Cape+Lookout+C0028.jpg Black and White Cape Lookout in the fog, Oregon Coast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1656736360524-P0ABAMV6RXVSARJ0QEL9/20220615+Malheur+NWR+B0069.jpg Black and White Old barn wood and metal hinges on the long barn at the historic P Ranch, part of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Frenchglen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1656736361062-4733GN0MC93MA165Y8FS/20220615+Malheur+NWR+D0022.jpg Black and White An old piece of farm machinery stands in the Harney County sun near the historic P Ranch in the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Frenchglen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1656736362938-4FICUL6J4K1K3JHMYRTC/20220615+Malheur+NWR+D0050.jpg Black and White Sunlight pokes through holes in the roof of the long barn at the historic P Ranch, Malheur National Wildlife Refuge near Frenchglen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1645503936266-K4ROM2XF7FIXRJWS3DVS/20220221+Sandy+Snow+0120-Enhanced+copy.jpg Black and White February snow in Sandy, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1641087611091-7NQ3VRBKI979THZ7PV1R/20211231+Last+Day+0050.jpg Black and White Last day of 2021, Promentory Point docks above Estacada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1641087574461-47B7UYPB85RBXCOZYH9Y/20211231+Last+Day+0193.jpg Black and White Last day of 2021, downtown Sandy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1628217835849-R3IB06CLP2EMKJCTTPVF/20210725+Sumpter+0002.jpg Black and White Part number 680587 in Sumpter, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1625023544948-QP8Q6CNIFOCWLN8IMH0K/20210621+Diamond+Crater+0012-Enhanced.jpg Black and White Hot, molten lava is frozen in time in a portion of the Diamond Craters Natural Area along Lava Beds Road in Harney County. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1625023543704-SX60ACBQNH57F1C96YGJ/20210624+Horse+Lake++0091-Enhanced+b%26w.jpg Black and White A few clouds start to form overhead of Horse Lake near the south bank of Diamond Lake, Umpqua National Forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1625023545358-6QDAHV9BJ1IK4SX39507/20210624+Mt+Thiesen+0055+copy.jpg Black and White Clouds build up around Mount Theilsen in the Umpqua National Forest in this view from the top of the Cinnamon Mountain Overlook. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1616471675439-2CD4SDCICGYE8FM0HYLX/20210304+Clackamas+Rvr+0043.jpg Black and White Waiting for Spring along the Clackamas River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1567307396725-HHO55T0K1TEUZJ9PVDRG/20190823+Lava+Field+0262-Pano+BnW.jpg Black and White A view along the Trail of the Molten Land at the Lava Lands and cinder cone near Sunriver, Oregon. The paved trail winds along in the lava field in central Oregon. This is part of the Newberry National Volcanic Monument. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1567307397773-J55NSIMFEEUSLRU0AWFA/20190823+Lava+Field+0357+BnW.jpg Black and White An old tree lies dead along the Trail of the Molten Lands in central Oregon. Even in such harse conditions and lack of soil in the Lava Lands of the Newberry National Volcanic Monument, some trees and plants try their hand at living. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1549580944389-H5U02G8DB84VUC7UUW3K/20190207+Clackamas+River+Stuff+A0145.jpg Black and White Snow in the trees along the Clackamas River, Mt. Hood National Forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1511837750402-IIBGIF4HFFYF0631A4FY/20171127+Vista+House+%26+Clouds0062.jpg Black and White Between storms over the Columbia River Gorge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1489965390189-8L45VT8Q746REOWZK76P/20x30+Succor+Creek+A022.jpg Black and White Owyhee Canyonlands, Malheur County https://www.lousennickphotography.com/abstracts daily 0.75 2025-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1747522301965-2UCY7E308V76X44PHRIW/20250513+Malheur+NWR+B170+copy.jpg Details/Abstracts The bottom of side boards shows its age on the P Ranch long barn near Frenchglen, Oregon. The barn and historic ranch site is part of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Eastern Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1747522301965-2UCY7E308V76X44PHRIW/20250513+Malheur+NWR+B170+copy.jpg Details/Abstracts The bottom of side boards shows its age on the P Ranch long barn near Frenchglen, Oregon. The barn and historic ranch site is part of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Eastern Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1736130939777-QO66P6OLWKHKQUYR0W0Y/20241231+Clackamas+River+20251231+Clackamas+River+082.jpg Details/Abstracts Last image of 2024. Fabulous forest fungi on a burned stump along the Clackamas River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1709868876260-Q0X8V1SKJ38856E0N67V/20240307+Fungi+and+Moss+0023.jpg Details/Abstracts Moss growing on a stump showing the first signs of spring. Along the Clackamas River. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1708885878079-0KSU3AP4VECOSL0IACPS/20240207+Clackamas+River+0031.jpg Details/Abstracts Shapely stump is all that is left of a burnt tree at the Fish Creek Campground, closed since the Riverside Fire three years ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1699989372011-HQJR1D3ZZDQC88C3KUTY/20231111+Meinig+Park+0007.jpg Details/Abstracts Color in Meinig Park, Sandy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1697302308707-QU9VEIAEJTRMBFPTWUBK/20231013+Frog+Lake+0021.jpg Details/Abstracts Color around Frog Lake, Mt. Hood National Forest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1694713388635-6M9I4JB2WCDT2EAN5E8F/20230913+Wildwood+NRA+0056.jpg Details/Abstracts Farewell to Summer, Wildwood Recreation Area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1694713388948-BCLXUQR0JY8WB3VL422E/20230913+Wildwood+NRA+0067.jpg Details/Abstracts Early Fall, Wildwood Recreation Area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1690829982164-BTLQ2PTPTC7S963BVNJN/2023076+Roads+End+Beach+0005.jpg Details/Abstracts Wind shapes the sand around a rock on the beach in Lincoln City, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1690829982551-VU3TKP1LHIPNH5X63SVR/2023076+Roads+End+Beach+0017.jpg Details/Abstracts Lost feather in the sand, Lincoln City, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1690829983980-2M7PUMW5Z0S2I1NA9MSC/20230725+Forgotten+Treasures+0009.jpg Details/Abstracts Treasures left behind, Lincoln City, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1688271199243-OO18EW0RBFIE8JFUWVL8/20230630+McIver+Park+0049.jpg Details/Abstracts Mahonia bush and fruit, McIver State Park near Estacada. (According to a Wikipedia article, there are more than 40 species of Mahonia plants.) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1676430654186-KQHA8KZ5B5S5ON30ZD7Y/20230214+Snow+Clackamas+Rivr+0104-2.jpg Details/Abstracts Peaking through the snow along the Clackamas River near Three Lynx. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1661879250049-0U90WS9IY1UBXQCA2D9O/20220828+N+Fork+Resevoir+0019.jpg Details/Abstracts Late Sunday afternoon on North Fork Reservoir near Estacada, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1660927311115-B12TGV3V4A9WBC7QIU1H/20220817+Siletz+Bay++A0112.jpg Details/Abstracts Gull on the beach, Siletz Bay, Lincoln City, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1648863175994-IE9JOCZ12YU7OXWIARV1/20220401+Wildwood+Rec+Area+0022-Enhanced.jpg Details/Abstracts Early Spring Skunk Cabbage (Lysichitum americium) at the Wildwood Recreation Area near Welches, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1641088157391-GLHCICS5LDJZDDYFR8MN/20211227+Backyard+0273.jpg Details/Abstracts Snow on a light, Sandy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1636259661396-9JALPV64RB6MFXNIIDJU/20211106+Oxbow+Park+0044-10x20.jpg Details/Abstracts ‘Shroom with a view. Oxbow Regional Park near Gresham. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1632713666029-15OPEWHXY4SIMMZ9E237/20210925+Frog+Lake+0150-Enhanced.jpg Details/Abstracts Less than a week into Fall, leaves are changing on many trees around Frog Lake in the Mt. Hood National Forest. Most leaves have turned a golden brown on this Sitka Mountain Ash. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1630358673343-MSL6NN57DZLJUH6P2RJ8/20210827+Old+Corral+Sandy+River+Delta+0038+copy.jpg Details/Abstracts Weathered wood along with rusty hinges and hardware are leftover from a time when the Sandy River Delta near Troutdale, Oregon, was a working cattle ranch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1599945370853-PS5M5BM84NJ8DI8TICRZ/20200912+Leaves+0016.jpg Details/Abstracts Leaves in a driveway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1567307378979-LN4VJ0RLS9TJOHB7Q4WD/20190825+Piano+Keys+0043.jpg Details/Abstracts Ebony & Ivory, Light & Shadow. 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https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1733983998753-YEP4KHXD9KU1ESZTB85L/20241211+Ridgefield+NWR+138+copy.jpg Whimsical Serendipity “Peek-A-Boo, I see you!” Tundra Swan at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1710476254159-OOZ15JEZ7OX9F5JUA7MI/20240314+Ridgefield+NWR+0261.jpg Whimsical Serendipity “Dang wind has ruined my morning do!” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1694204371441-5XU9IZIHS33JS7DH1LNS/20230907+Ridgefield+NWR+0002+copy.jpg Whimsical Serendipity Camera shy, Ridgefield NWR. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1684290322293-H7O6ZL9ONPJ5KNZOTI4C/20230426+Ridgefield+NWR+0201.jpg Whimsical Serendipity “You shall not pass!” ——Gandalf the Grey at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1670559534950-X3NR2RKV45YUU7H46PAD/20221207+Ridgefield+NWR+0232+copy.jpg Whimsical Serendipity Apparently, Coyotes also like to play with sticks just like their domestic dog counterparts. This one is in the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1660927154169-2JJCNO9OMEYT7L83FNAQ/20220817+Siletz+Bay++A0091.jpg Whimsical Serendipity “Are you looking at me?” Gull on the beach, Siletz Bay, Lincoln City, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1656735909245-5BJDSIGR44QXSZK03PUP/20220701+Ridgefield+NWR+A0024.jpg Whimsical Serendipity Best view in this meadow, on the back of a deer in the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge in Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1652030881668-AM44A7JY75VZP5DVQBA3/20220504+Yaquina+Head+0006.jpg Whimsical Serendipity “Why does it feel like somebody is watching me?” Harbor seals at Yaquina Head Natural Area near Newport, Oregon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1641086131704-UP714WTL0TMADWW076MJ/20220101+Critter+Cabin+0013-Enhanced+copy.jpg Whimsical Serendipity Winterized critter cabin, Sandy Ridge Bike Trail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1641086857572-6LLT5UROUW4NS7O4B0ON/20211231+Last+Day+0014.jpg Whimsical Serendipity Last day of 2021 at the Try My Thai Restaurant in downtown Sandy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1628217837465-27VVA2HNSG1UFA28ODHU/20210728+Prineville+Resv+0038.jpg Whimsical Serendipity Treebeard’s pet goose in the crook of a Juniper tree, Prineville Resevoir Campground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1632711892823-Y1FAM6VVQEUK3VIQ0STV/20210925+Frog+Lake+0080.jpg Whimsical Serendipity Vacation spot with 360-degree views all around on the shore of Frog Lake in the Mt. Hood National Forest. Mt. Hood is in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1619391050113-U93Z2YYW6TRY9N7EC6M7/20210419+Fogarty+Creek++0101.jpg Whimsical Serendipity Leave only footprints, not the whole shoe! Fogarty Creek south of Lincoln City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1528754653362-WOVLZHMJT1AWI6270LP2/20180507+Nehalem+B0174.jpg Whimsical Serendipity Old Man in the wood, Nehalem Bay. https://www.lousennickphotography.com/critters-at-ridgefield-nwr daily 0.75 2026-03-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1774925360221-DO46OKIEBTGHH4FR1IGK/20260326+Ridgefield+NWR+258+copy.jpg Critters at Ridgefield NWR Wearing his bright Spring colors, a male Cinnamon Teal and his mate feed in the early morning light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1774925360221-DO46OKIEBTGHH4FR1IGK/20260326+Ridgefield+NWR+258+copy.jpg Critters at Ridgefield NWR Wearing his bright Spring colors, a male Cinnamon Teal and his mate feed in the early morning light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1747971104416-5OCO0AQ48PMLR0936CTL/20250522+Ridgefield+NWR+069+copy.jpg Critters at Ridgefield NWR A frog does some croaking in one of the ponds on a recent morning. It was joined by many frogs around doing their same song. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1746065813037-5OD7Z6FY40QATX21NAK9/20240416+Ridgefield+NWR+014+11x14+copy.jpg Critters at Ridgefield NWR An American Kestrel perches on a post looking over its domain for a meal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1713586624555-KBBXQW3BG627T5361XFF/20240418+Ridgefield+NWR+B0007+copy.jpg Critters at Ridgefield NWR Two Turkey Vultures do some morning preening in the sunshine at the Ridgefield (Wash.) National Wildlife Refuge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1742243072201-N4O49SB7W8ZYB5YD9R9F/20250314+Ridgefield+NWR+127+copy.jpg Critters at Ridgefield NWR A pair of Wood Ducks harken the arrival of Spring at Ridgefield. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1741643227204-10GE7UEQ96E4D7WELFEJ/20250218+Ridgefield+NWR+107+copy.jpg Critters at Ridgefield NWR A Red-winged Blackbird surveys its domain around one of the ponds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1741302712166-YF5EMIXFXM52QW9BCB9A/20250305+Ridgefield+NWR+029+copy.jpg Critters at Ridgefield NWR Spring is approaching and two male Northern Shovelers battle each other over a possible mate. This went on back and forth for several minutes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1739997515529-OYGVM0D9DQHRQKX4OH09/20250218+Ridgefield+NWR+058+copy.jpg Critters at Ridgefield NWR Not ducks, but four geese in a row swimming in one of the ponds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1739300722215-73M4K55L0TIFREZFC4KN/20250210+Ridgefield+NWR+478+copy.jpg Critters at Ridgefield NWR As a flock of geese circle the ground before landing, a Bald Eagle watches from a nearby tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1729739315085-4E5RO7SASTD0XHHCVSW8/20241023+Ridgefield+NWR+0145+sq+copy.jpg Critters at Ridgefield NWR A Columbia Black-Tail deer spots a photographer early one morning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1729739315373-7JJGU3GHNVXH1NPJWDHH/20241023+Ridgefield+NWR+0078+copy.jpg Critters at Ridgefield NWR A few Dusky Geese come in for a landing in a middle of a larger group. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1729138715753-P87JIO7DA69YGDAI1UF5/20241010+Ridgefield+NWR+0699+copy.jpg Critters at Ridgefield NWR An Otter, along with two others not shown, swim and dive for food in one of the canals in the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1729037075626-U1D7NFVM64QLWXHFII1P/20241010+Ridgefield+NWR+0446+copy.jpg Critters at Ridgefield NWR A Great Blue Heron catches a Rough-Skinned Newt in one of the canals at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge. This was the second newt the Heron caught in a few minutes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1724205086485-53YL0SHD14ENITQ56PVZ/20240820+Ridgefield+NWR+0005+copy.jpg Critters at Ridgefield NWR A young deer peers over the grass near one of the ponds. Another sibling was nearby in the grass and the mother grazing nearby. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1724205086484-536UBASBI0QRO64SVQ99/20240820+Ridgefield+NWR+0076+copy.jpg Critters at Ridgefield NWR Two coyote pups move around a field near some cattle. There were at least one more pup nearby with older parents nearby. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1715011354771-CCE4UOEXGRM88IHL4OV1/20240501+Ridgefield+NWR+0016+copy.jpg Critters at Ridgefield NWR Red-winged Blackbird perched on Teasel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1713586625392-XKMA4FRLM8MA5H5DHD71/20240418+Ridgefield+NWR+B0221+copy.jpg Critters at Ridgefield NWR A Rough-legged Hawk looks for prey in a tree at the Ridgefield (Wash.) National Wildlife Refuge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1713493541718-HJCOXMQMH8UB4LR9CRO3/20240418+Ridgefield+NWR+B0461+copy.jpg Critters at Ridgefield NWR A Great Blue Heron moves a snake to it can be swallowed one morning at the Ridgefield (Wash.) National Wildlife Refuge. This was the second snake the bird snatched in 15 minutes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1712203889742-DAOFLUBPUW8FFG4P7AVF/20240402+Ridgefield+NWR+0195-3+copy.jpg Critters at Ridgefield NWR A male Wood Duck is dressed in all its colorful Spring mating colors on a pond in the Ridgefield (Wash.) National Wildlife Refuge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1712203888220-QP4ZYISMRTCUMNZXGTUL/20240402+Ridgefield+NWR+0189+copy.jpg Critters at Ridgefield NWR The take-off routine of a Dusky Goose at the Ridgefield (Wash.) National Wildlife Refuge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1712203892938-V5U3A238HL8MCXY0RQMM/20240402+Ridgefield+NWR+0399-2+copy.jpg Critters at Ridgefield NWR Normally difficult to spot, a Marsh Wren sings in the warm sunshine of an early Spring day at the Ridgefield (Wash.) National Wildlife Refuge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1691711717751-ZAGFZKQNCWSWH66JEX77/20230809+Ridgefield+NWR+A0436.jpg Critters at Ridgefield NWR A nice treat, a deer munches on some berries in the Ridgefield (Wash.) National Wildlife Refuge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1712203894715-X66FUYCDYS8QUSV905F2/20240402+Ridgefield+NWR+0595+copy.jpg Critters at Ridgefield NWR A Red-winged Blackbird stands on a fence pose with twisted metal cables around it at the Ridgefield (Wash.) National Wildlife Refuge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1710386151110-HU5GQ3BBRPVA76SVMEKD/20240306+Ridgefield+NWR+0164.jpg Critters at Ridgefield NWR Several Long-billed Dowitchers feed in the mud along a pond in the Ridgefield (Wash.) National Wildlife Refuge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1708885645413-BQ4G2R05WVTWPENVF00U/20240223+Ridgefield+NWR+0084+copy.jpg Critters at Ridgefield NWR Northern Shrike in the sun at the Ridgefield, Wash., National Wildlife Refuge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1700592268312-05K6I8JNXBGJ6MNAB7FL/20231120+Ridgefield+NWR+0021.jpg Critters at Ridgefield NWR Sandhill Cranes in the Ridgefield, Wash., National Wildlife Refuge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1697668094859-TU7FNVA3KZOBREUDVIOJ/20231017+Ridgefield+NWR+0054.jpg Critters at Ridgefield NWR Sandhill Cranes feeding in the Ridgefield, (Wash.) Wildlife Refuge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1684118284865-YALXU894C374B06Z1EP0/20230512+Ridgefield+NWR+0605-2.jpg Critters at Ridgefield NWR A Great Egret searches for food from the bank of a canal inside the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1664921249350-BEV85PDXFRYO41EI77EU/20220928+Ridgefield+NWR+0023+copy+2.jpg Critters at Ridgefield NWR A Sparrow sits on a plant along the road through the Ridgefield (Washington) National Wildlife Refuge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1656736587645-PUUMWLV2KZMFJ2D74D9I/20220701+Ridgefield+NWR+A0654.jpg Critters at Ridgefield NWR A Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) sits in a tree along a canal in the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge in Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1621308123107-BW0H7DGZ06XGSN26CZQA/20210512+Ridgefield+NWR+0032-Enhanced.jpg Critters at Ridgefield NWR Adult Common Yellowthroat ( Geothlypis tracheas), Pacific variety, at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, Ridgefield, Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1621308124402-W0COC8XNQ8Z4G2YT014Y/20210512+Ridgefield+NWR+0061-Enhanced.jpg Critters at Ridgefield NWR Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) in the Ridgefield NWR in Ridgefield, Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1574626133302-I1AACUIMHUVUAB28ALDE/20191123+Ridgefield+NWR+0586.jpg Critters at Ridgefield NWR Great Blue Heron catches a meal at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge. Though the frog tried to fend off the bird, the heron won. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1560966572867-MWFPJPRXD8I5TI2DGAF3/20190616+Ridgefield+NWR+117.jpg Critters at Ridgefield NWR An American Coot (Fulica Americana) with two fuzzy chicks at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, Washington. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1549048912531-T8LK9Y19OOWUZPBS4FIR/20190131+Ridgefield+NWR+0199.jpg Critters at Ridgefield NWR Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus) eating lunch at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge in Ridgefield, Washington. https://www.lousennickphotography.com/new-cover-page daily 1.0 2020-11-24 https://www.lousennickphotography.com/about daily 0.75 2022-07-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1477437966872-OX0Q3MV7LXEKJVUBQZOL/b%26w+Horseshoe+Bend+A026.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/580ebd5d03596ec8949e3c52/1582503494176-S6FR87EM0GASQRRCTORZ/Nikkormat+ftn+with+50mm+f%2F2+lens+from+1975. About Nikkormat ftn and 50 mm f/2 lens bought in 1975. A little beat up and no meter, but still mechanically works.