Category Archives: wildlife in the canyon

Canyon Photographs Spring 2016

Posted on April 15, 2016 by
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Nocturnal Canyon Visitors

Posted on April 10, 2015 by Tony Moreno

This footage, taken from late October to early November 2014, was part of a senior biology thesis by Jacob Kraus ’15 that measured the distribution and diversity of small mammal communities throughout the Reed College Canyon. Nutria, raccoons, opposum, and … finish reading Nocturnal Canyon Visitors

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Fish Sighting Fall 2014

Posted on October 29, 2014 by Tony Moreno
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Beavers’ work, closeup

Posted on July 11, 2013 by Tony Moreno

Took a walk at lunchtime around the canyon, and there’s plenty of ample signs of beaver work. Decided to take a closeup of what their dentures have been doing to one particular tree . . .

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Goodbye for now until we meet again

Posted on August 24, 2012 by Zac Perry

Well, the ground is hardened and the trails are little dusty out there- in the distance, you can see wide-eyed freshman descending on the campus. It must be the beginning of school here at Reed again. The 2012 summer… Continue reading →

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Reed Canyon Wildlife

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Rachel C.

With the restoration of Reed Canyon, we've been accumulating a lot of native critters. Here's a selection of some recent sightings: Otters are making increasingly regular appearances in the Canyon – look for them early morning, particularly by the… Continue reading →

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Things that go Bump in the night

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Zac Perry

Spring brings many changes in the canyon- longer days, the smell of the skunk cabbage in the headwaters, the sounds of birds frolicking in the upper branches of the canopy. But most recently we see this change in seasons… Continue reading →

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The Canyon in Winter

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Rachel C.

Winter in Portland is always a rather amorphous, vague season, one that sometimes feels more like a transition between fall and spring than anything unique in and of itself. The color palette, perhaps, is distinct, as the gray of the… Continue reading →

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I've got newts on the brain!

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Zac Perry

Every so often, a Reed biology senior is lured into the Canyon for an ecology thesis. Perhaps it is the desire to discover some secret Reed knowledge, or the appealing shimmer of stickleback fish in a minnow trap. Perhaps it… Continue reading →

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Welcome to Beaver Country

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Zac Perry

Beaver's are as busy as ever out here in the canyon. As the temperature drops- and the nights are long we find ourselves in the prime of beaver season. Historicly at this time of the year there is a… Continue reading →

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