Goatbells
@goatbells.bsky.social
Retired from corp world, now PNW philosopher hiker with camera working on living better
Winter is in the air goatbells.blog?p=37920
2 Pileated woodpeckers, a deer, perfect trail conditions on Ridgeline Trail - 10 minutes from town - why drive further?
the air, clouds, wind all carried winter's early touch
#hiking #hikeOregon
2 Pileated woodpeckers, a deer, perfect trail conditions on Ridgeline Trail - 10 minutes from town - why drive further?
the air, clouds, wind all carried winter's early touch
#hiking #hikeOregon
November 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Winter is in the air goatbells.blog?p=37920
2 Pileated woodpeckers, a deer, perfect trail conditions on Ridgeline Trail - 10 minutes from town - why drive further?
the air, clouds, wind all carried winter's early touch
#hiking #hikeOregon
2 Pileated woodpeckers, a deer, perfect trail conditions on Ridgeline Trail - 10 minutes from town - why drive further?
the air, clouds, wind all carried winter's early touch
#hiking #hikeOregon
Magical mists goatbells.blog?p=37906
Morning fog was thick on the valley floor, but not very high ... Mt Pisgah summit was above the fog. Beautiful. the mists made great photos before and after sunrise. such a wonderful place 10 minutes from downtown.
#hiking #hikeOregon
Morning fog was thick on the valley floor, but not very high ... Mt Pisgah summit was above the fog. Beautiful. the mists made great photos before and after sunrise. such a wonderful place 10 minutes from downtown.
#hiking #hikeOregon
November 22, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Magical mists goatbells.blog?p=37906
Morning fog was thick on the valley floor, but not very high ... Mt Pisgah summit was above the fog. Beautiful. the mists made great photos before and after sunrise. such a wonderful place 10 minutes from downtown.
#hiking #hikeOregon
Morning fog was thick on the valley floor, but not very high ... Mt Pisgah summit was above the fog. Beautiful. the mists made great photos before and after sunrise. such a wonderful place 10 minutes from downtown.
#hiking #hikeOregon
November 18, 2025 at 12:17 AM
November 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Pisgah above the fog
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Driving less than 15 minutes, and still fabulous time in the woods ...
close in hiking at its finest on a foggy November day - oh, Oregon!
#hiking #hikeOregon
goatbells.blog?p=37870
Driving less than 15 minutes, and still fabulous time in the woods ...
close in hiking at its finest on a foggy November day - oh, Oregon!
#hiking #hikeOregon
November 11, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Pisgah above the fog
goatbells.blog?p=37870
Driving less than 15 minutes, and still fabulous time in the woods ...
close in hiking at its finest on a foggy November day - oh, Oregon!
#hiking #hikeOregon
goatbells.blog?p=37870
Driving less than 15 minutes, and still fabulous time in the woods ...
close in hiking at its finest on a foggy November day - oh, Oregon!
#hiking #hikeOregon
Pisgah after first frost goatbells.blog?p=37800
Frost, dew-filled spider webs, new snow on cascades, and just a wonderful fall day in the woods ... also met a new 4-legged friend.
Fall was in full bloom, the sun was out, people were few, animals were around ... to the woods!
#hiking #hikeOregon
Frost, dew-filled spider webs, new snow on cascades, and just a wonderful fall day in the woods ... also met a new 4-legged friend.
Fall was in full bloom, the sun was out, people were few, animals were around ... to the woods!
#hiking #hikeOregon
October 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Pisgah after first frost goatbells.blog?p=37800
Frost, dew-filled spider webs, new snow on cascades, and just a wonderful fall day in the woods ... also met a new 4-legged friend.
Fall was in full bloom, the sun was out, people were few, animals were around ... to the woods!
#hiking #hikeOregon
Frost, dew-filled spider webs, new snow on cascades, and just a wonderful fall day in the woods ... also met a new 4-legged friend.
Fall was in full bloom, the sun was out, people were few, animals were around ... to the woods!
#hiking #hikeOregon
Fall’s First Touch @ Pisgah goatbells.blog?p=37787
Wandered around the hill avoiding other humans ... Fall is here in the Willamette Valley and summer animals seem gone
Beautiful regardless, just different
#hiking #hikeOregon
Wandered around the hill avoiding other humans ... Fall is here in the Willamette Valley and summer animals seem gone
Beautiful regardless, just different
#hiking #hikeOregon
October 9, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Fall’s First Touch @ Pisgah goatbells.blog?p=37787
Wandered around the hill avoiding other humans ... Fall is here in the Willamette Valley and summer animals seem gone
Beautiful regardless, just different
#hiking #hikeOregon
Wandered around the hill avoiding other humans ... Fall is here in the Willamette Valley and summer animals seem gone
Beautiful regardless, just different
#hiking #hikeOregon
pick one, any one ... make it yours and help it survive
#birds
Great thanks to Alex for putting this together - priceless!
Me? i'm a raptor guy - and even from US, I'll focus on P. Eagle
#birds
Great thanks to Alex for putting this together - priceless!
Me? i'm a raptor guy - and even from US, I'll focus on P. Eagle
🧪🪶🌍🕊 25 Critically Endangered Birds
All of these species are on the brink of extinction.
A poster to raise awareness and inspire action. Every effort counts. ✨
All of these species are on the brink of extinction.
A poster to raise awareness and inspire action. Every effort counts. ✨
October 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
pick one, any one ... make it yours and help it survive
#birds
Great thanks to Alex for putting this together - priceless!
Me? i'm a raptor guy - and even from US, I'll focus on P. Eagle
#birds
Great thanks to Alex for putting this together - priceless!
Me? i'm a raptor guy - and even from US, I'll focus on P. Eagle
Have you watched Jane Goodall's last interview? It's worth the 55 minutes.
I realized that my passion for trees and #hiking through them is similar to her ability to patiently watch animals in their world.
trees don't move, so #hiking through them is perfect, especially when I #hikeOregon!
I realized that my passion for trees and #hiking through them is similar to her ability to patiently watch animals in their world.
trees don't move, so #hiking through them is perfect, especially when I #hikeOregon!
October 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Have you watched Jane Goodall's last interview? It's worth the 55 minutes.
I realized that my passion for trees and #hiking through them is similar to her ability to patiently watch animals in their world.
trees don't move, so #hiking through them is perfect, especially when I #hikeOregon!
I realized that my passion for trees and #hiking through them is similar to her ability to patiently watch animals in their world.
trees don't move, so #hiking through them is perfect, especially when I #hikeOregon!
Have you watched Jane Goodall's last interview? If not, highly recommended
Who on this #birds feed observers specific bird types with as much grace and patience as Jane did Gombe chimps?
Looking for more great birders to follow ... :)
Who on this #birds feed observers specific bird types with as much grace and patience as Jane did Gombe chimps?
Looking for more great birders to follow ... :)
October 8, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Have you watched Jane Goodall's last interview? If not, highly recommended
Who on this #birds feed observers specific bird types with as much grace and patience as Jane did Gombe chimps?
Looking for more great birders to follow ... :)
Who on this #birds feed observers specific bird types with as much grace and patience as Jane did Gombe chimps?
Looking for more great birders to follow ... :)
Alpine Tr and Tire Mt goatbells.blog?p=37770
Sunrise over a ridge ... a biker trail but great for hikers during week and off-season. <1 hr drive from valley to hike for miles and miles within the fabulous Willamette National Forest ... from best TH - Westfir covered bridge
#hiking #hikeOregon
Sunrise over a ridge ... a biker trail but great for hikers during week and off-season. <1 hr drive from valley to hike for miles and miles within the fabulous Willamette National Forest ... from best TH - Westfir covered bridge
#hiking #hikeOregon
October 8, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Alpine Tr and Tire Mt goatbells.blog?p=37770
Sunrise over a ridge ... a biker trail but great for hikers during week and off-season. <1 hr drive from valley to hike for miles and miles within the fabulous Willamette National Forest ... from best TH - Westfir covered bridge
#hiking #hikeOregon
Sunrise over a ridge ... a biker trail but great for hikers during week and off-season. <1 hr drive from valley to hike for miles and miles within the fabulous Willamette National Forest ... from best TH - Westfir covered bridge
#hiking #hikeOregon
October 2, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Cloudy sunrise on Pre’s Trail goatbells.blog?p=37761
when you live in Eugene and you walk, but you don't want to walk on cement ... Pre's Trail! Perfect early am 10 miles
Herons, kingfishers and wood ducks ... oh my!
#hiking #hikeOregon
when you live in Eugene and you walk, but you don't want to walk on cement ... Pre's Trail! Perfect early am 10 miles
Herons, kingfishers and wood ducks ... oh my!
#hiking #hikeOregon
October 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Cloudy sunrise on Pre’s Trail goatbells.blog?p=37761
when you live in Eugene and you walk, but you don't want to walk on cement ... Pre's Trail! Perfect early am 10 miles
Herons, kingfishers and wood ducks ... oh my!
#hiking #hikeOregon
when you live in Eugene and you walk, but you don't want to walk on cement ... Pre's Trail! Perfect early am 10 miles
Herons, kingfishers and wood ducks ... oh my!
#hiking #hikeOregon
Hiked locally yesterday around Eugene OR
goatbells.blog?p=37741
For us birders ... typically, there are song birds and raptors and all kinds of birds singing
Yesterday ... only crows and jays in the woods and vultures in the meadows
Everybody went south?
#birds #hikeOregon #hike
goatbells.blog?p=37741
For us birders ... typically, there are song birds and raptors and all kinds of birds singing
Yesterday ... only crows and jays in the woods and vultures in the meadows
Everybody went south?
#birds #hikeOregon #hike
October 1, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Hiked locally yesterday around Eugene OR
goatbells.blog?p=37741
For us birders ... typically, there are song birds and raptors and all kinds of birds singing
Yesterday ... only crows and jays in the woods and vultures in the meadows
Everybody went south?
#birds #hikeOregon #hike
goatbells.blog?p=37741
For us birders ... typically, there are song birds and raptors and all kinds of birds singing
Yesterday ... only crows and jays in the woods and vultures in the meadows
Everybody went south?
#birds #hikeOregon #hike
Ridgeline Trail Between Storms goatbells.blog?p=37741
Ridgeline and Spencer Butte today ... clouds, mists, fog and ... on 3 sisters -> NEW SNOW!
#hiking #hikeOregon
Ridgeline and Spencer Butte today ... clouds, mists, fog and ... on 3 sisters -> NEW SNOW!
#hiking #hikeOregon
October 1, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Ridgeline Trail Between Storms goatbells.blog?p=37741
Ridgeline and Spencer Butte today ... clouds, mists, fog and ... on 3 sisters -> NEW SNOW!
#hiking #hikeOregon
Ridgeline and Spencer Butte today ... clouds, mists, fog and ... on 3 sisters -> NEW SNOW!
#hiking #hikeOregon
Hazy, smokey Pisgah goatbells.blog?p=37732
A short jaunt on Mt. Pisgah with some of my fav peeps ... rain front to the west, emigrant fire smoke to the east
what a tragic treat to stand high in Willamette Valley and see both ways
#hiking #hikeOregon
A short jaunt on Mt. Pisgah with some of my fav peeps ... rain front to the west, emigrant fire smoke to the east
what a tragic treat to stand high in Willamette Valley and see both ways
#hiking #hikeOregon
September 29, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Hazy, smokey Pisgah goatbells.blog?p=37732
A short jaunt on Mt. Pisgah with some of my fav peeps ... rain front to the west, emigrant fire smoke to the east
what a tragic treat to stand high in Willamette Valley and see both ways
#hiking #hikeOregon
A short jaunt on Mt. Pisgah with some of my fav peeps ... rain front to the west, emigrant fire smoke to the east
what a tragic treat to stand high in Willamette Valley and see both ways
#hiking #hikeOregon
PCT: Bobby Lk SOBO + The Twins goatbells.blog?p=37715
Avoiding fires to north and south ... PCT NOBO east of Waldo Lake is a perfect west-side cascade forest ramble - The Twins' vistas to Sisters and west over Waldo - priceless
Cedar Creek Fire of 2022 left its mark
#hiking #hikeOregon
Avoiding fires to north and south ... PCT NOBO east of Waldo Lake is a perfect west-side cascade forest ramble - The Twins' vistas to Sisters and west over Waldo - priceless
Cedar Creek Fire of 2022 left its mark
#hiking #hikeOregon
September 25, 2025 at 12:46 PM
PCT: Bobby Lk SOBO + The Twins goatbells.blog?p=37715
Avoiding fires to north and south ... PCT NOBO east of Waldo Lake is a perfect west-side cascade forest ramble - The Twins' vistas to Sisters and west over Waldo - priceless
Cedar Creek Fire of 2022 left its mark
#hiking #hikeOregon
Avoiding fires to north and south ... PCT NOBO east of Waldo Lake is a perfect west-side cascade forest ramble - The Twins' vistas to Sisters and west over Waldo - priceless
Cedar Creek Fire of 2022 left its mark
#hiking #hikeOregon
a rare sighting - an Austral Pygmy Owl on a rainy morning. These birds are found only in the Patagonia region of Argentina & Chile.
#birds #owl #australpygmyowl
#argentina #patagonia #nikon
#birds #owl #australpygmyowl
#argentina #patagonia #nikon
September 21, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Around the West Side of 3-fingered Jack goatbells.blog?p=37695
Completes all but .9 miles around 3-Fingered Jack in both directions. Jack is coming back from 2003 B&B complex fire ... coyotes, deer, elk, Coopers Hawks
Time to visit Jack!
#hiking #hikeOregon
Completes all but .9 miles around 3-Fingered Jack in both directions. Jack is coming back from 2003 B&B complex fire ... coyotes, deer, elk, Coopers Hawks
Time to visit Jack!
#hiking #hikeOregon
September 19, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Around the West Side of 3-fingered Jack goatbells.blog?p=37695
Completes all but .9 miles around 3-Fingered Jack in both directions. Jack is coming back from 2003 B&B complex fire ... coyotes, deer, elk, Coopers Hawks
Time to visit Jack!
#hiking #hikeOregon
Completes all but .9 miles around 3-Fingered Jack in both directions. Jack is coming back from 2003 B&B complex fire ... coyotes, deer, elk, Coopers Hawks
Time to visit Jack!
#hiking #hikeOregon
Spencer’s first fall foggy fingers goatbells.blog?p=37683
Felt like fall, looked like fall ... and no fires showed at sunrise ... but the sun and heat came with summer's furry before noon
A great close-in hike when driving to be avoided
#hiking #hikeOregon
Felt like fall, looked like fall ... and no fires showed at sunrise ... but the sun and heat came with summer's furry before noon
A great close-in hike when driving to be avoided
#hiking #hikeOregon
September 17, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Spencer’s first fall foggy fingers goatbells.blog?p=37683
Felt like fall, looked like fall ... and no fires showed at sunrise ... but the sun and heat came with summer's furry before noon
A great close-in hike when driving to be avoided
#hiking #hikeOregon
Felt like fall, looked like fall ... and no fires showed at sunrise ... but the sun and heat came with summer's furry before noon
A great close-in hike when driving to be avoided
#hiking #hikeOregon
Osprey still hanging out in southern Willamette Valley ...
Sunday, 3 birds circled above Willamette River off / on all pm; probably same 3 I saw week or so back ...
summer temps are back, so maybe they'll stick around
#birds
Sunday, 3 birds circled above Willamette River off / on all pm; probably same 3 I saw week or so back ...
summer temps are back, so maybe they'll stick around
#birds
September 16, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Osprey still hanging out in southern Willamette Valley ...
Sunday, 3 birds circled above Willamette River off / on all pm; probably same 3 I saw week or so back ...
summer temps are back, so maybe they'll stick around
#birds
Sunday, 3 birds circled above Willamette River off / on all pm; probably same 3 I saw week or so back ...
summer temps are back, so maybe they'll stick around
#birds
Around the east Side of 3-fingered Jack goatbells.blog?p=37658
A fire-rise sunrise this morning on east side of Jack ... Canyon Creek Meadows had flowing water and mountain goats
Deer and forest mammals are finally coming back after BB Complex fire 2003
#hiking #hikeOregon
A fire-rise sunrise this morning on east side of Jack ... Canyon Creek Meadows had flowing water and mountain goats
Deer and forest mammals are finally coming back after BB Complex fire 2003
#hiking #hikeOregon
September 13, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Around the east Side of 3-fingered Jack goatbells.blog?p=37658
A fire-rise sunrise this morning on east side of Jack ... Canyon Creek Meadows had flowing water and mountain goats
Deer and forest mammals are finally coming back after BB Complex fire 2003
#hiking #hikeOregon
A fire-rise sunrise this morning on east side of Jack ... Canyon Creek Meadows had flowing water and mountain goats
Deer and forest mammals are finally coming back after BB Complex fire 2003
#hiking #hikeOregon
Please drive carefully this autumn goatbells.blog?p=37641
Be careful out there ... Hill Street Blues
thanks Claude
Be careful out there ... Hill Street Blues
thanks Claude
September 11, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Please drive carefully this autumn goatbells.blog?p=37641
Be careful out there ... Hill Street Blues
thanks Claude
Be careful out there ... Hill Street Blues
thanks Claude
Article repost from Animals Around the Globe - they did a great job of describing the Pacific NW Forests ... explains partly why ... "to the woods, to lose my mind and find my soul" - Muir
goatbells.blog?p=37634
these natural sanctuaries and cathedrals are magic - & so alive!
#hiking #hikeOregon
goatbells.blog?p=37634
these natural sanctuaries and cathedrals are magic - & so alive!
#hiking #hikeOregon
September 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Article repost from Animals Around the Globe - they did a great job of describing the Pacific NW Forests ... explains partly why ... "to the woods, to lose my mind and find my soul" - Muir
goatbells.blog?p=37634
these natural sanctuaries and cathedrals are magic - & so alive!
#hiking #hikeOregon
goatbells.blog?p=37634
these natural sanctuaries and cathedrals are magic - & so alive!
#hiking #hikeOregon
Great raptor pic and that bird has such intensity of focus ... only if i could get my mind that focused :)
#birds
#birds
Cooper's hawk, keeping a close eye on Montrose Dunes 🪶
September 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Great raptor pic and that bird has such intensity of focus ... only if i could get my mind that focused :)
#birds
#birds