Marvin and I were out sauntering 15 April and stopped to check out the butterflies in Jones Canyon which is tributary to the Deschutes River Canyon on the western edge of Sherman County, Oregon. Normally a small creek flows across the gravel road and seems to be a good spot …
“Wolf!, ” howled Marvin. He said at the moment he couldn’t think of the word “Eagle” but he wanted to say something that would get my attention. “Wolf!” worked for me. A wolf …
We were scrambling in Gert Canyon, tributary to the lower Deschutes River canyon near Sherar’s Bridge, when we spotted a green butterfly (known as Sheridan’s Green Hairstreak) feeding on a lomatium. One of our favorite haunts, the lower Deschutes is accessible by gravel road following the river below Sherar’s Bridge …