Swan Capture At Benson Pond
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge was once home to as many as 20+ breeding pairs of Trumpeter Swans. As recently as the 1990’s Refuge biologists have a history of collaborating...
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Malheur National Wildlife Refuge was once home to as many as 20+ breeding pairs of Trumpeter Swans. As recently as the 1990’s Refuge biologists have a history of collaborating...
Numbers of migrant Trumpeter Swans moving through eastern Oregon have increased dramatically over the last two decades, particularly at Malheur Refuge and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s (ODFW)...
What has been a surprise is the durability of the birds and transmitters. When starting a pilot study on a new species with new capture and attachment techniques, there...
As I sit down to write these words, I am newly reminded of an important message: FOMR does not work alone. We are indeed part of an energetic movement...
Refuge System Rebranding Effort By Janelle Wicks/ Photos by USFWS Are you familiar with Puddles, the Blue Goose? Do you know the flying goose and jumping fish shield? What...
The long-eared owl, Asio otus, is an uncommon sighting on Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, despite having a known history of nesting there. These birds are typically seen at the...
The “bird-in-flight” photo is challenging enough to get with most birds, but the “owl-in-flight” is a real show-stopper. 📸 of great horned owl in flight by Jim Leonard #greathornedowl #birdinflight #owl #highdesert #oregondesert #greatbasin #malheurnationalwildliferefuge #friendsofmalheur
Dinosaur goes forth by day.
absolutely stunning.
I remember walking to my work place in England when I was in the USAF on midnight shift. I saw this head coming towards me about six feet off the ground and finally figured out it was a barn owl. Very eerie feeling at the time. It was so quiet and could only see its white face.
Jim Leonard, awesome shot!
Le miracle du vol plane des oiseaux de proie …silence et vitesse.bravo la photo!
Melinda Galt!
Banking!
Wow!!
In the right light, the iridescent plumage of adult white-faced ibises is striking! These waders arrive to the Harney Basin around April or so. Many will stay to breed in the cattail/bulrush marshes alongside black-crowned night herons, egrets, Franklin's gulls, Wilson's phalaropes, cranes and a variety of waterfowl. 📸 of white-faced ibis in flight by Craig Strobeck #whitefacedibis #ibis #iridescence #highdesert #oregondesert #greatbasin #malheurnationalwildliferefuge #friendsofmalheur
Caught a photograph of a string of flying ibis over Wickiup Reservoir at sunset. The iridescent wing feathers reflected orange. It was beautiful. My lens was only 250 mm so not a good quality image because of distance. But it would be worth working on getting an image of them flying in the sunset! So many things to photograph and so little time! 😇
Never seen such!
"Hologram Birds"
What a fantastic photo.
Superbe photo c’est la première fois que je vois l’irisation des plumes …bravo!
Friends of Malheur National Wildlife Refuge was formed in 1999 and is an independent non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation.
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