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Wednesday, October 21, 2015 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
The Nugget Newspaper Crossword
By Jacqueline E. Mathews, Tribune News Service
photo provided
— Last Week’s Puzzle Solved —
Douglas Beall’s bird photography is featured in a new calendar.
Calendar features ‘Birds
of Central Oregon’
The beautiful pine gros-
beak is the cover bird for the
2016 Birds of Central Oregon
Calendar, released this week.
It is now available in Sisters.
This is the sixth year that
Oregon wildlife photographer
Douglas Beall has created
Wings & Feathers calendars
depicting his wildlife pho-
tography. Sales benefit the
Turtle Ridge Rehab Center
in Salem. Beall, who lives in
Camp Sherman, makes these
calendars “to share what I see,
and the beauty of Nature.” All
of the birds pictured in the
Central Oregon calendar have
been photographed this year
in their native habitat.
Calendars are $20, and are
available at Sisters Gallery &
Frame Shop, Paulina Springs
Books, and Wild Birds
Unlimited in Bend. The calen-
dar is printed on photo paper,
so once the year is done, any
of the images can be framed.
However, Beall also suggests
that you donate your used
calendars to a school of your
choice for study purposes.
You can also order large prints
from Beall’s website, www.
abirdsingsbecauseithasasong.
com.
This year’s cover bird was
photographed on the Pacific
Crest Trail, just off Highway
20. Beall spends hours at a
time patiently waiting for
the birds to come. Each
bird shown in the calendar
is described, along with its
location.
Beall encourages others
to follow in his footsteps, but
with due respect to the envi-
ronment. “Bird photography
is fulfilling, but these frame-
able moments can be a little
overwhelming,” he said. “My
goal — my passion — is get-
ting the best possible image.”
He loves just being in the
wild, even when he has to
wait hours for the right shot.
“I actually enjoy the bad
weather,” he said.
Bird photography is
fulfilling, but these
frameable moments can
be a little overwhelming.
My goal — my passion
— is getting the best
possible image.
— Douglas Beall
Beall, who writes the
“Birds of Sisters Country”
feature for The Nugget,
has a favorite bird from
this year’s calendar — the
Barrow’s goldeneye on Clear
Lake.
“It’s an uncommon bird,
and quite unusual to see the
male and female together.
They do a sort of head-bob
dance, which is a form of
communication.”
While he enjoys the
uncommon birds, he also
takes great pleasure in getting
a really special shot of a com-
mon robin.
“You would not believe the
color variations in the robin,”
he said, “and their song is
unparalleled. It inspires me.”
For more information
visit www.abirdsingsbecause
ithasasong.com/gallery/
oregon-wings-and-feathers.
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