Welcome back to the Butterflies of Oregon blog! Now that spring has arrived in the Willamette Valley, you will be seeing periodic...

Yesterday, I was at the central Oregon Coast, enjoying spectacular sunny, warm weather and great bird sightings. I went in hopes of...

With only 12 Oregon butterfly species yet to photograph, you might expect that each one takes me further into the remote and rugged wilds...

I don't know why Ditch Creek in the Blue Mountains of Morrow County is so-named. It's really quite a lovely little stream, meandering...

A little more than a year ago, I wrote "As of June 6, 2018, I have 14 species remaining to photograph in Oregon. If I'm lucky, I will be...

It was the biggest black bear I'd ever seen in Oregon... But I'll get to that in a minute. First, let's talk butterflies! I made a...

I'd only seen the Pale Crescent (Phyciodes pallida) one time in Oregon, or anywhere for that matter. And I only saw one of them. It was...

After all that snow, who thought we'd see multiple days of 70+ degrees so soon! While we were throwing off our jackets and running...

The Senoi people of the Malaysian peninsula teach their children that, when the child encounters a dangerous animal or monster in their...

On Sunday, I drove down Interstate 5 to the Ashland area, in hopes of photographing the elusive Sooty Hairstreak and Sternitsky's...

It seemed like a crazy idea, but then occasionally, crazy ideas actually work out well. The idea was to make a "rocket run" down to the...

Those last 13 species... some of them are not going to come easily. Over the years, I've spent seven days searching for the...

Sometimes, it doesn't have to be difficult. You know how our expectation that something will be difficult can seem to create that very...

As of June 6, 2018, I have 14 species remaining to photograph in Oregon. If I'm lucky, I will be able to photograph four or five of...