Michael
@thecorvallisbirder.bsky.social
Fisheries biologist working with the Oregon Dept of Fish and Wildlife, monitoring coastal fall Chinook. Birder, forager, all-around amateur naturalist and photographer.
Today's #BirdoftheDay theme is #BirdsonTwigs. While on a birding trip in Central Oregon, a lot of birds loved these bare tree tops, allowing some great views and photos! #Nature #Photography #Birds #PNWBirding #Oregon
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Today's #BirdoftheDay theme is #BirdsonTwigs. While on a birding trip in Central Oregon, a lot of birds loved these bare tree tops, allowing some great views and photos! #Nature #Photography #Birds #PNWBirding #Oregon
For the #BirdoftheDay theme of #Movement, here's an American White Pelican (one of the largest birds in NA) flying over a marsh out in Central Oregon. Although most people think of them as ocean birds, White Pelicans breed inland. #Nature #Photography #Birds #PNWBirding #Oregon
December 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
For the #BirdoftheDay theme of #Movement, here's an American White Pelican (one of the largest birds in NA) flying over a marsh out in Central Oregon. Although most people think of them as ocean birds, White Pelicans breed inland. #Nature #Photography #Birds #PNWBirding #Oregon
Today's #BirdoftheDay theme? #Borbs! So here's a couple nice round birds! #Nature #Photography #Birds #PNWBirding #Oregon #WillametteValley
December 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Today's #BirdoftheDay theme? #Borbs! So here's a couple nice round birds! #Nature #Photography #Birds #PNWBirding #Oregon #WillametteValley
Been a minute since I posted any #fieldwork pictures. These are from a new survey I did Tuesday. Kind of surreal, it follows old train tracks out along a river. There's houses at first, but then they fall away, and it's just you, the river, and the crumbling rail line. #Nature #Photography
December 5, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Been a minute since I posted any #fieldwork pictures. These are from a new survey I did Tuesday. Kind of surreal, it follows old train tracks out along a river. There's houses at first, but then they fall away, and it's just you, the river, and the crumbling rail line. #Nature #Photography
Here's a #Songbird from a few years ago for today's #BirdoftheDay; a White-crowned Sparrow on the #Oregon Coast! #Nature #Photography #Birds #PNWBirding #thepeoplescoast
December 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Here's a #Songbird from a few years ago for today's #BirdoftheDay; a White-crowned Sparrow on the #Oregon Coast! #Nature #Photography #Birds #PNWBirding #thepeoplescoast
For the #BirdoftheDay theme of #Headshots, a cooperative Great Blue Heron. #Nature #Photography #Birds #PNWBirding #WillametteValley #Oregon
November 28, 2025 at 3:04 AM
For the #BirdoftheDay theme of #Headshots, a cooperative Great Blue Heron. #Nature #Photography #Birds #PNWBirding #WillametteValley #Oregon
"Meet your meat!" (Shamelessly stolen from @pftompkins.bsky.social character Randy on Bob's Burgers S1.E3) The wild Turkey, Meleagris gallopavo. Progenitor of the common domesticated version, but gorgeous wild birds as well, and widespread across the US thanks to introduction. #Birds #Nature #Oregon
November 28, 2025 at 2:49 AM
"Meet your meat!" (Shamelessly stolen from @pftompkins.bsky.social character Randy on Bob's Burgers S1.E3) The wild Turkey, Meleagris gallopavo. Progenitor of the common domesticated version, but gorgeous wild birds as well, and widespread across the US thanks to introduction. #Birds #Nature #Oregon
Happy Thanksgiving 🦃!
November 28, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Happy Thanksgiving 🦃!
A Red-breasted Nuthatch #HangingAround my sunflowers in the late summer. #BirdoftheDay #Nature #Photography #Birds #PNWBirding #WillametteValley #Oregon
November 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
A Red-breasted Nuthatch #HangingAround my sunflowers in the late summer. #BirdoftheDay #Nature #Photography #Birds #PNWBirding #WillametteValley #Oregon
November 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I do love #warblers. Here's a lovely female Yellow-rumped Warbler in my local park! #BirdoftheDay #Nature #Photography #WillametteValley #Oregon
November 24, 2025 at 6:18 AM
I do love #warblers. Here's a lovely female Yellow-rumped Warbler in my local park! #BirdoftheDay #Nature #Photography #WillametteValley #Oregon
A couple of fib-kings, Boletus fibrillosus, about to be sliced and dried! #Mushrooms #foraging
November 24, 2025 at 5:21 AM
A couple of fib-kings, Boletus fibrillosus, about to be sliced and dried! #Mushrooms #foraging
Some attractive #mushrooms seen while foraging last weekend. See alt text for the best IDs I can manage. #Nature #Photography #Oregon
November 23, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Some attractive #mushrooms seen while foraging last weekend. See alt text for the best IDs I can manage. #Nature #Photography #Oregon
Out foraging again today. Here's the iconic Pacific golden chanterelle, Cantharellys formosus. A beautiful #mushroom as well as one of the best for eating (imo). #Nature #Photography #Oregon
November 23, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Out foraging again today. Here's the iconic Pacific golden chanterelle, Cantharellys formosus. A beautiful #mushroom as well as one of the best for eating (imo). #Nature #Photography #Oregon
A pair of Amanita Muscaria, a little washed out looking, seen in the local park. #Nature #Photography #Mushrooms
November 22, 2025 at 1:43 AM
A pair of Amanita Muscaria, a little washed out looking, seen in the local park. #Nature #Photography #Mushrooms
This Great-horned Owl was giving me the grumpiest #staredown ever! #BirdoftheDay #Nature #Photography #Birds #PNWBirding #Oregon
November 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
This Great-horned Owl was giving me the grumpiest #staredown ever! #BirdoftheDay #Nature #Photography #Birds #PNWBirding #Oregon
#BirdoftheDay theme today is #Shadesofgrey. Here's Chipping Sparrow spotted in a cemetery in Ohio, earlier this year. #Nature #Photography #Birds
November 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
#BirdoftheDay theme today is #Shadesofgrey. Here's Chipping Sparrow spotted in a cemetery in Ohio, earlier this year. #Nature #Photography #Birds
First real foray of the season out into the coast range today with @sirisharmony.bsky.social We did... Pretty well. Several pounds of chanterelles, a few B fibrillosus (not pictured) and this good sized Phaeolus. #Nature #Mushrooms #Oregon
November 16, 2025 at 4:24 AM
First real foray of the season out into the coast range today with @sirisharmony.bsky.social We did... Pretty well. Several pounds of chanterelles, a few B fibrillosus (not pictured) and this good sized Phaeolus. #Nature #Mushrooms #Oregon
Witches butter fungus (or similar) spotted in the wood today. #Nature #Photography #Mushrooms #Oregon
November 16, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Witches butter fungus (or similar) spotted in the wood today. #Nature #Photography #Mushrooms #Oregon
Here's one for spooky season (which as far as I'm concerned runs through Xmas). There's something unavoidably macabre about my work... Everything I'm looking for is either dead or dying, often extremely decayed. And no, you don't get used to the smell. #Nature #FishScience #Salmon #fieldwork #Oregon
November 15, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Here's one for spooky season (which as far as I'm concerned runs through Xmas). There's something unavoidably macabre about my work... Everything I'm looking for is either dead or dying, often extremely decayed. And no, you don't get used to the smell. #Nature #FishScience #Salmon #fieldwork #Oregon
A pile of Chinook Salmon seen spawning in a tributary of the Siletz River today. This is fairly high up in the system, so there are still good numbers of live fish around. #Nature #fieldwork #Fish #Salmon #Oregon
November 14, 2025 at 11:08 PM
A pile of Chinook Salmon seen spawning in a tributary of the Siletz River today. This is fairly high up in the system, so there are still good numbers of live fish around. #Nature #fieldwork #Fish #Salmon #Oregon
For the #BirdoftheDay theme of #Swans, here's a trio of Tundra Swans cruising past the Wolf Moon (the full Moon of January). #Nature #Photography #Birds #PNWBirding #WillametteValley #Oregon
November 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
For the #BirdoftheDay theme of #Swans, here's a trio of Tundra Swans cruising past the Wolf Moon (the full Moon of January). #Nature #Photography #Birds #PNWBirding #WillametteValley #Oregon
So, what did you do at work today? I had to hike my way up this boulder field... In the rain! Probably the toughest part of my survey, and of course it comes shortly before the end... #Nature #fieldwork #Fisheries #Oregon
November 14, 2025 at 3:04 AM
So, what did you do at work today? I had to hike my way up this boulder field... In the rain! Probably the toughest part of my survey, and of course it comes shortly before the end... #Nature #fieldwork #Fisheries #Oregon
Today the #BirdoftheDay theme is #paddling, birds standing or walking in shallow water. Here's a Great Egret knee deep in the water at my local wildlife refuge.
November 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Today the #BirdoftheDay theme is #paddling, birds standing or walking in shallow water. Here's a Great Egret knee deep in the water at my local wildlife refuge.