Here’s a gallery of photos taken recently. Travel informatioin and location-specific galleries (e.g. Ecuador ’25) are compiled in our travel blog, viani.us.
![Bewick's Wren]()
![Hooded Merganser]()
![Red-shouldered Hawk]()
![Nutria]()
![Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) Sheldon National Wildlife Preserve]()
![Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) Sheldon National Wildlife Preserve]()
![Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) Sheldon National Wildlife Preserve]()
![Wilson's Warbler - juvenile (© Nick Viani) Sheldon National Wildlife Preserve]()
![American Bittern (© Nick Viani) Sheldon National Wildlife Preserve]()
![American Bittern (© Nick Viani) Sheldon National Wildlife Preserve]()
![Orange-crowned Warbler (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Preserve]()
![Downy Woodpecker (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Preserve]()
![Yellow-rumped Warbler (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Preserve]()
![Starlings on the Road near Malheur]()
![Townsend's Solitaire (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Preserve]()
![Great Horned Owl (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Preserve]()
![Orange-crowned Warbler (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Preserve]()
![Western Grebe - juvenile (© Nick Viani) Narrows/Malheur National Wildlife Preserve]()
![Western Grebe (© Nick Viani) Narrows/Malheur National Wildlife Preserve]()
![Western Grebe (© Nick Viani) Narrows/Malheur National Wildlife Preserve]()
![Eared Grebe & dabbling duck foraging together. The duck turns up the bottom and the Grebe dives for protein in the mix. (© Nick Viani) Narrows/Malheur National Wildlife Preserve]()
![Clark's Grebe (© Nick Viani) Narrows/Malheur National Wildlife Preserve]()
![White-faced Ibis (© Nick Viani) Narrows/Malheur National Wildlife Preserve]()
![American Dipper (© Nick Viani) Little Hyatt Lake, Greensprings, OR]()
![Killdeer (© Nick Viani) Ona Beach State Park]()
![Brown Creeper (© Nick Viani) Ona Beach State Park]()
![Brown Creeper (© Nick Viani) Ona Beach State Park]()
![Brown Creeper (© Nick Viani) Ona Beach State Park]()
![Brown Creeper (© Nick Viani) Ona Beach State Park]()
![Douglas Squirrel (© Nick Viani) Ona Beach State Park]()
![Snowy Plover (© Nick Viani) Yaquina Head Marine Garden, Newport, OR]()
![Sabine Gull (© Nick Viani) Yaquina Head Marine Garden, Newport, OR]()
![A Mixed Flock of gulls (© Nick Viani) Yaquina Head Marine Garden, Newport, OR]()
![A Mixed Flock of Gulls (© Nick Viani) Yaquina Head Marine Garden, Newport, OR]()
![Sabine Gull Flying with a Mixed Flock of gulls (© Nick Viani) Yaquina Head Marine Garden, Newport, OR]()
![A Mixed Flock of Gulls (© Nick Viani) Yaquina Head Marine Garden, Newport, OR]()
![Semipalmated Plover (© Nick Viani) Yaquina Head Marine Garden, Newport, OR]()
![Black-bellied Plover (© Nick Viani) Yaquina Head Marine Garden, Newport, OR]()
![Snowy Plover (© Nick Viani) Yaquina Head Marine Garden, Newport, OR]()
![American Golden-Plover (© Nick Viani) Yaquina Head Marine Garden, Newport, OR]()
![American Golden-Plover (© Nick Viani) Yaquina Head Marine Garden, Newport, OR]()
![Cassin's Auklet (© Nick Viani) South Jetty, Newport, OR]()
![Anise Swallowtail (© Nick Viani) South Jetty, Newport, OR]()
![Western Gull just after swallowing a starfish (© Nick Viani) South Jetty, Newport, OR]()
![Ring-billed Gull (© Nick Viani) Hatfield Marine Center, Newport, OR]()
![Song Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Hatfield Marine Center, Newport, OR]()
![Western Gull feeding noisy juvenile (© Nick Viani) Hatfield Marine Center, Newport, OR]()
![Whimbrel (© Nick Viani) Hatfield Marine Center, Newport, OR]()
![Marbled Godwit (© Nick Viani) Hatfield Marine Center, Newport, OR]()
![Wandering Tattler (© Nick Viani) Lincoln City, OR (15th St. access to tidal pools)]()
![Surfbird (© Nick Viani) Lincoln City, OR (15th St. access to tidal pools)]()
![Surfbird (© Nick Viani) Lincoln City, OR (15th St. access to tidal pools)]()
![Black Turnstone (© Nick Viani) Lincoln City, OR (15th St. access to tidal pools)]()
![Pelagic Cormorant (© Nick Viani) Pelagic Birding Trip 31 miles off Oregon Coast (Newport, OR)]()
![Northern Fur-seal (© Nick Viani) Pelagic Birding Trip 31 miles off Oregon Coast (Newport, OR)]()
![Black-footed Albatross (© Nick Viani) Pelagic Birding Trip 31 miles off Oregon Coast (Newport, OR)]()
![Laysan Albatross (© Nick Viani) Pelagic Birding Trip 31 miles off Oregon Coast (Newport, OR)]()
![Pink-footed Shearwater (© Nick Viani) Pelagic Birding Trip 31 miles off Oregon Coast (Newport, OR)]()
![Pink-footed Shearwater (© Nick Viani) Pelagic Birding Trip 31 miles off Oregon Coast (Newport, OR)]()
![Black-footed Albatross (© Nick Viani) Pelagic Birding Trip 31 miles off Oregon Coast (Newport, OR)]()
![Pink-footed Shearwater (© Nick Viani) Pelagic Birding Trip 31 miles off Oregon Coast (Newport, OR)]()
![Black-footed Albatross (© Nick Viani) Pelagic Birding Trip 31 miles off Oregon Coast (Newport, OR)]()
![Northern Fulmar (© Nick Viani) Pelagic Birding Trip 31 miles off Oregon Coast (Newport, OR)]()
![California Gulll (© Nick Viani) Pelagic Birding Trip 31 miles off Oregon Coast (Newport, OR)]()
![Brown Pelican (© Nick Viani) South Jetty, Newport, OR]()
![Brown Pelican (© Nick Viani) South Jetty, Newport, OR]()
![Brown Pelican (© Nick Viani) South Jetty, Newport, OR]()
![American Goldfinch (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR]()
![Warbling Vireo (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR]()
![Yellow-breasted Chat (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR]()
![Anna's Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) Backyard Birds, Ashland, OR]()
![Anna's Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) Backyard Birds, Ashland, OR]()
![Anna's Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) Backyard Birds, Ashland, OR]()
![Brood Parasitism: Wrentit & its Cowbird chick (© Nick Viani) Chetco Point, Brookings, OR]()
![Allen's Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) Chetco Point, Brookings, OR]()
![Allen's Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) Chetco Point, Brookings, OR]()
![American Goldfinch (© Nick Viani) Chetco Point, Brookings, OR]()
![Song Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Chetco Point, Brookings, OR]()
![White-crowned Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Chetco Point, Brookings, OR]()
![Great Blue Heron and captured eel (© Nick Viani) Chetco Point, Brookings, OR]()
Bewick's Wren
Hooded Merganser
Red-shouldered Hawk
Nutria
Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) Sheldon National Wildlife Preserve
Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) Sheldon National Wildlife Preserve
Sharp-shinned Hawk (© Nick Viani) Sheldon National Wildlife Preserve
Wilson's Warbler - juvenile (© Nick Viani) Sheldon National Wildlife Preserve
American Bittern (© Nick Viani) Sheldon National Wildlife Preserve
American Bittern (© Nick Viani) Sheldon National Wildlife Preserve
Orange-crowned Warbler (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Preserve
Downy Woodpecker (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Preserve
Yellow-rumped Warbler (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Preserve
Starlings on the Road near Malheur
Townsend's Solitaire (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Preserve
Great Horned Owl (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Preserve
Orange-crowned Warbler (© Nick Viani) Malheur National Wildlife Preserve
Western Grebe - juvenile (© Nick Viani) Narrows/Malheur National Wildlife Preserve
Western Grebe (© Nick Viani) Narrows/Malheur National Wildlife Preserve
Western Grebe (© Nick Viani) Narrows/Malheur National Wildlife Preserve
Eared Grebe & dabbling duck foraging together. The duck turns up the bottom and the Grebe dives for protein in the mix. (© Nick Viani) Narrows/Malheur National Wildlife Preserve
Clark's Grebe (© Nick Viani) Narrows/Malheur National Wildlife Preserve
White-faced Ibis (© Nick Viani) Narrows/Malheur National Wildlife Preserve
American Dipper (© Nick Viani) Little Hyatt Lake, Greensprings, OR
Killdeer (© Nick Viani) Ona Beach State Park
Brown Creeper (© Nick Viani) Ona Beach State Park
Brown Creeper (© Nick Viani) Ona Beach State Park
Brown Creeper (© Nick Viani) Ona Beach State Park
Brown Creeper (© Nick Viani) Ona Beach State Park
Douglas Squirrel (© Nick Viani) Ona Beach State Park
Snowy Plover (© Nick Viani) Yaquina Head Marine Garden, Newport, OR
Sabine Gull (© Nick Viani) Yaquina Head Marine Garden, Newport, OR
A Mixed Flock of gulls (© Nick Viani) Yaquina Head Marine Garden, Newport, OR
A Mixed Flock of Gulls (© Nick Viani) Yaquina Head Marine Garden, Newport, OR
Sabine Gull Flying with a Mixed Flock of gulls (© Nick Viani) Yaquina Head Marine Garden, Newport, OR
A Mixed Flock of Gulls (© Nick Viani) Yaquina Head Marine Garden, Newport, OR
Semipalmated Plover (© Nick Viani) Yaquina Head Marine Garden, Newport, OR
Black-bellied Plover (© Nick Viani) Yaquina Head Marine Garden, Newport, OR
Snowy Plover (© Nick Viani) Yaquina Head Marine Garden, Newport, OR
American Golden-Plover (© Nick Viani) Yaquina Head Marine Garden, Newport, OR
American Golden-Plover (© Nick Viani) Yaquina Head Marine Garden, Newport, OR
Cassin's Auklet (© Nick Viani) South Jetty, Newport, OR
Anise Swallowtail (© Nick Viani) South Jetty, Newport, OR
Western Gull just after swallowing a starfish (© Nick Viani) South Jetty, Newport, OR
Ring-billed Gull (© Nick Viani) Hatfield Marine Center, Newport, OR
Song Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Hatfield Marine Center, Newport, OR
Western Gull feeding noisy juvenile (© Nick Viani) Hatfield Marine Center, Newport, OR
Whimbrel (© Nick Viani) Hatfield Marine Center, Newport, OR
Marbled Godwit (© Nick Viani) Hatfield Marine Center, Newport, OR
Wandering Tattler (© Nick Viani) Lincoln City, OR (15th St. access to tidal pools)
Surfbird (© Nick Viani) Lincoln City, OR (15th St. access to tidal pools)
Surfbird (© Nick Viani) Lincoln City, OR (15th St. access to tidal pools)
Black Turnstone (© Nick Viani) Lincoln City, OR (15th St. access to tidal pools)
Pelagic Cormorant (© Nick Viani) Pelagic Birding Trip 31 miles off Oregon Coast (Newport, OR)
Northern Fur-seal (© Nick Viani) Pelagic Birding Trip 31 miles off Oregon Coast (Newport, OR)
Black-footed Albatross (© Nick Viani) Pelagic Birding Trip 31 miles off Oregon Coast (Newport, OR)
Laysan Albatross (© Nick Viani) Pelagic Birding Trip 31 miles off Oregon Coast (Newport, OR)
Pink-footed Shearwater (© Nick Viani) Pelagic Birding Trip 31 miles off Oregon Coast (Newport, OR)
Pink-footed Shearwater (© Nick Viani) Pelagic Birding Trip 31 miles off Oregon Coast (Newport, OR)
Black-footed Albatross (© Nick Viani) Pelagic Birding Trip 31 miles off Oregon Coast (Newport, OR)
Pink-footed Shearwater (© Nick Viani) Pelagic Birding Trip 31 miles off Oregon Coast (Newport, OR)
Black-footed Albatross (© Nick Viani) Pelagic Birding Trip 31 miles off Oregon Coast (Newport, OR)
Northern Fulmar (© Nick Viani) Pelagic Birding Trip 31 miles off Oregon Coast (Newport, OR)
California Gulll (© Nick Viani) Pelagic Birding Trip 31 miles off Oregon Coast (Newport, OR)
Brown Pelican (© Nick Viani) South Jetty, Newport, OR
Brown Pelican (© Nick Viani) South Jetty, Newport, OR
Brown Pelican (© Nick Viani) South Jetty, Newport, OR
American Goldfinch (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR
Warbling Vireo (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR
Yellow-breasted Chat (© Nick Viani) North Mountain Park, Ashland, OR
Anna's Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) Backyard Birds, Ashland, OR
Anna's Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) Backyard Birds, Ashland, OR
Anna's Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) Backyard Birds, Ashland, OR
Brood Parasitism: Wrentit & its Cowbird chick (© Nick Viani) Chetco Point, Brookings, OR
Allen's Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) Chetco Point, Brookings, OR
Allen's Hummingbird (© Nick Viani) Chetco Point, Brookings, OR
American Goldfinch (© Nick Viani) Chetco Point, Brookings, OR
Song Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Chetco Point, Brookings, OR
White-crowned Sparrow (© Nick Viani) Chetco Point, Brookings, OR
Great Blue Heron and captured eel (© Nick Viani) Chetco Point, Brookings, OR