Category Archives: birds

eNVIROiNTERACTIVaRT

Just updated and expanded on the envirointeractive site. I have a few more things kicking around that I still need to add…

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more things

furculae photo from awhile back (posted here and on concretewheels) made an appearance on the things organized neatly site. Again, very nice to be included over there…

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bird in flight

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the chicken at milton way

For Allen Bukoff: The chicken standing at Milton Way (N 47° 14′ 14″, W 122° 20′ 00″) Inspired by Mr. Bukoff’s recent performance at Fluxfest Chicago, a piece derived from a number of colliding sources starting with Milton’s “They also … Continue reading

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furculae

part of a wishbone collection (these are from chickens) the wishbone is actually a fused set of clavicles (collarbones) called a furcula a couple more photos here

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bird

rescued this gal (guy?) from the neighbor’s cat. a few neck feathers missing but no puncture wounds. it kept biting on my fingers – a good sign, no? dropped it off at a local vet’s who said they’d check it … Continue reading

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western kingbird

on the plateau above mosier in the eastern columbia gorge – western kingbird, barbed-wire and blurry bachelor buttons

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flicker feather

found this nice little feather on the running path today easy to see why the flickers around here are referred to as ‘red-shafted’

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at the japanese garden

cold & clear sunday morning at the japanese garden cherry blossoms and a varied thrush

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art’s birthday

OK, so this is a tad late. I actually took the photo below on art’s birthday, 17 January 2010 (art is 1,000,047). Just now got it all processed, being somewhat busy with work and that play thing. This is a … Continue reading

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neighbors

above a neighbor’s doorway

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dowitchers

another few migrants these long-billed dowitchers were at the jackson bottom wetland

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whimbrel

a stop along the way whimbrels on the beach at newport, oregon they winter in south america and spend their summer in the arctic

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flicker

red-shafted northern flicker (m) sitting on the back gate acorn & downy have made their appearances as well at different times (usually the acorns swooping in to scatter the finches at the feeders) acorn woodpecker (f)

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cranes

out wandering around in a light drizzle yesterday sauvie island (just at the confluence of the willamette and the columbia) sandhill cranes & shovelers (above), herons in their rookery, a pair of bald eagles alongside their nest, trumpeter swans (may … Continue reading

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bird drawing (junco partners)

I’ve been working lately on a drawing machine for collaborating with (and activated by) birds. There are branches fixed to wires, running through a framework, all held in tension with springs. The other end of the wires have attached pencils. … Continue reading

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lucinda

a few juncos and an acorn woodpecker outside the door a bit ago listening to lucinda williams as the new year creeps this way from the east it’s somewhere out in the atlantic just now, having passed iceland

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macaroni map of where i saw a heron while out running

a bit more to be seen here

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swifts

Went down to Chapman Elementary School in NW Portland the other night to see the swifts. Vaux Swifts, in the tens of thousands, roost in the school’s chimney in September before heading off to warmer climes. A crowd gathers each … Continue reading

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