2018 Wildlife Gallery

We encountered a large variety of animals during our travels in 2018. A number of the animals we had not previously seen including a badger near Borax Springs (which we failed to get a photo of). Below is a sample of the many critters we encountered this year.

Seals in Nehalem Bay

Tree frog – Patterson Mountain

Garter snake on Patterson Mountain

Crab spider – Lookout Creek Trail

Beetle – Carpenter Mountain

Pale crescent near Macks Canyon

Gopher snake near Macks Canyon

Beetles on thistle near Mack’s Canyon

Caterpillar along the Black Butte Trail

Green tailed towhee on Black Butte

Rock pigeon – Deschutes River

Merganser family – Deschutes River

Dragon Fly – Deschutes River

Sagebrush Lizard – Deschutes River

Pronghorn – Malheur Wildlife Refuge

Yellow headed blackbird – Malheur Wildlife Refuge

Horned grebes – Malheur Wildlife Refuge

Great horned owl – Malheur Wildlife Refuge

Lewis’s woodpecker – Malheur Wildlife Refuge

White faced ibis – Malheur Wildlife Refuge

Yellow warbler – Malheur Wildlife Refuge

Western meadowlark – Malheur Wildlife Refuge

Bullock’s oriole – Malheur Wildlife Refuge

Rabbit – Jordan Craters

Marmot – Jordan Craters

Chukar – Leslie Gulch

Cricket – Leslie Gulch

Viceroy- Leslie Gulch

Swallow tail – Leslie Gulch

Cicada – Leslie Gulch

Burrowing owl near Leslie Gulch

Dragon fly – Three Forks

Fritillary butterfly – Three Forks

Pheasant – Pillars of Rome

Side blotched lizard – Chalk Basin

Collard lizard – Chalk Basin

Sandhill Cranes near Steens Mountain

jack rabbit – Borax Hot Springs

Desert horned lizard – Alvord Desert

Long nosed leopard lizard – Alvord Desert

Western Fence Lizard – Pike Creek

Swallow tail – Myrtle Creek

Sheridan’s hairstreak – Myrtle Creek

Orange-tip butterfly – Myrtle Creek

Western kingbird – Cove Palisades State Park

Cascade toad – Browder Ridge

Gray jay – Browder Ridge

Rufous hummingbird – Horsepasture Mountain

Grouse – Horsepasture Mountain

Wren – French Creek Ridge

Checkerspot butterfly – French Creek Ridge

Chipmunk near Hidden Forest Cave

Pygmy short horned lizard near Pictograph Cave

Caterpillars – Strawberry Mountain Wilderness

Trout – Little Strawberry Lake

Doe – Slide Lake

Megarhyssa nortoni

Great blue heron – Newport Bay

Sharp-tailed snake – Newport Bay

Osprey – South Beach

Pika – Mt. Jefferson Wilderness

Northern goshawk – Elkhorns

Red tailed hawk – Elkhorns

Mountain goats – Elkhorns

Mountain Goat – Elkhorns

Golden mantled ground squirrel – Elkhorns

Mourning cloak – Elkhorns

Beetle – Summit Lake

Bumble bee – Crawfish Lake

Finch – Crawfish Lake

Bald Eagle – Waldo Lake

Hairy woodpecker – Rigdon Lakes

Blue copper – Rockpile Lake

Tortoiseshell butterfly – Carl Lake

Varied thrush – Carl Lake

Frogs – Table Lake

Clarks nutcracker – Mt. Jefferson Wilderness

Ouzel – Pamelia Lake

Junco – Pamelia Lake

Frog – Taylor Lake

Sanderlings – John Dellenback Beach

Douglas squirrel – John Dellenback Dunes Trail

Great egret – Mud Lake

Wilson’s snipe – Mud Lake

Elk on the way to Barklow Mt.

Starfish – Bandon, Oregon

Crab – Bandon, Oregon

Anemones – Bandon, Oregon

Turkey Vulture – Bandon, Oregon

Seagull and a marbled godwit in the Coquile River

Black turnstones – North Jetty, Bandon, Oregon

Brown pelicans – Bullards Beach State Park

Mink – Sprague River

White pelicans – Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Snowy egret – Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge

Stellar’s jay – Fish Lake

Muskrat – Lake of the Woods

Dragon fly – Lake of the Woods

Canada geese – Lake of the Woods

Caterpillar – Lake of the Woods

Cormorants – Link River

American coots – Link River

Mallards – Pond near Lake Ewauna

Northern shovler – Pond near Lake Ewauna

Northern flicker – Link River Trail

Scrub jay – Link River Trail

Western grebe – Link River

Hooded mergansers – Link River

Buffleheads – Siltcoos Lake

Rough skinned newt – Jessie M. Honeyman State Park

Sparrow – Jessie M. Honeyman State Park

Anna’s hummingbird – Jessie M. Honeyman State Park

Ring-necked ducks – Jessie M. Honeyman State Park

Spotted towhee – Jessie M. Honeyman State Park

That’s a pretty good sample of the different wildlife we spotted this year, but we still often wonder how much wildlife we don’t notice on our hikes. Happy Trails!