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Golden Breasted Starling

From the African Rainforest Aviary.
Golden Breasted Starling

From the African Rainforest Aviary.
I'll post other photos from the zoo from time to time, but, for now, I'll leave you with this story.

While heading for the exit after a long day of walking, and looking, and taking pictures, I was drawn to something out of the corner of my eye. A female mallard was calmly sitting in the waters of a rushing fountain, the kind of thing wild fowl generally tend to do.  Standing by the fountain was a boy, and sitting a few feet away, his mother.

The boy was doing everything in his power to bother the duck. -- splashing it, yelling at it, jumping up and down. His mother sat by, watching mutely.  On the pretext of setting up to take photographs, I walked over and began to focus.  In as polite a voice as I could manage, I told the boy that it was probably best to stop bothering the duck, that it wasn't a particularly nice thing to do, and, after a pause, I asked him, with a pointed glance, how much would he like it if someone did that to him.

Emerging from her seemingly somnambulistic state, the mother urged the boy away, and the two left quickly together.

It is not always easy to tell the difference between the animals and the noble souls in a place like this, or perhaps anywhere, for that matter. Wild animals behave the way they do because they have to. To see a crane dancing alone in a field, completely in thrall to its instincts, without even a partner to make sense of the thing, is to understand just how little choice it has over what it does.

But we do have a choice.  We are the creatures who invented choosing.  That we have chosen to set aside places to preserve and protect some of the rarest animals on earth is a testament to our most noble faculties, and to our ability to choose well when the right choice presents itself.

I hope we can continue to choose well, that our less noble faculties don't get the better of us, and compel us to make choices that those judging our actions on some future date consider only with confusion and despair.

Perhaps it was a little less than noble of me to school a small boy in the humane treatment of animals, but judging from the context, that lesson might never have come.  Chances are it went into one ear and right out the other.

But if he had grown up without ever hearing those words, he might never have had the chance to learn the lesson they attempted to instill. Moreover, and more sadly, he might never have cared.

As I dismantle my soapbox and walk away for the evening, I will leave you with a modest bit of preaching: to my mind there is really only one choice when it comes to that lesson.

We all need to learn it. We all need to care.
A pair of Sacred Ibis battling over a scrap of meat.  Actually the battle is over, and the one flying away has claimed the spoils.
I believe this is an Emerald Starling.  The zoo lists all of its animals on its web site, though I've found the list to be incomplete.  This resembles most closely the photo they have for that species, though not entirely, I'm afraid.

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Park Lane Suites and Inn

Park Lane Suites and Inn

2.5 out of 5
809 SW King Avenue Portland OR
Hinta on 94 € per yö ajalle 19.2. viiva 20.2.
94 €
19.2.–20.2.
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Yövy tässä hotellissa kohteessa Portland. Nauti ilmaisesta Wi-Fi-yhteydestä, ilmaisesta pysäköinnistä ja kuntokeskuksesta. Asiakkaamme kehuvat majoituspaikan ...
Park Lane Suites and Inn
The Paramount Hotel

The Paramount Hotel

3.5 out of 5
808 SW Taylor St Portland OR
Hinta on 92 € per yö ajalle 8.3. viiva 9.3.
92 €
8.3.–9.3.
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Yövy tässä liikematkustukseen soveltuvassa hotellissa kohteessa Portland. Nauti ilmaisesta Wi-Fi-yhteydestä, aamiaisesta (lisämaksusta) ja ympäri vuorokauden ...
9,2/10 Wonderful! (3 211 arvostelua)
Clean, good location, nice staff!

Arvosteltu 18.2.2026

The Paramount Hotel
Radisson Hotel Portland Airport

Radisson Hotel Portland Airport

3.5 out of 5
6233 NE 78th Court Portland OR
Hinta on 99 € per yö ajalle 25.2. viiva 26.2.
99 €
25.2.–26.2.
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Yövy tässä golfin pelaamiseen sopivassa hotellissa kohteessa Portland. Nauti ilmaisesta Wi-Fi-yhteydestä, aamiaisesta (lisämaksusta) ja ilmaisista lentokenttäkuljetuksista. ...
Radisson Hotel Portland Airport
Embassy Suites by Hilton Portland Downtown

Embassy Suites by Hilton Portland Downtown

4 out of 5
319 SW Pine St Portland OR
Hinta on 118 € per yö ajalle 8.3. viiva 9.3.
118 €
8.3.–9.3.
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Yövy tässä ylellisessä hotellissa kohteessa Portland. Nauti ilmaisesta aamiaisesta, 2 ravintolasta ja 2 porealtaasta. Asiakkaamme kehuvat majoituspaikan aamiaista ...
8,6/10 Excellent! (1 425 arvostelua)
Forgot to fill shampoo. But otherwise it was a clean and nice room. Will be back.

Arvosteltu 17.2.2026

Embassy Suites by Hilton Portland Downtown
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Portland

DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Portland

4 out of 5
1000 NE Multnomah Street Portland OR
Hinta on 117 € per yö ajalle 21.2. viiva 22.2.
117 €
21.2.–22.2.
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Yövy tässä hotellissa kohteessa Portland. Nauti ilmaisesta Wi-Fi-yhteydestä, ulkouima-altaasta ja 2 ravintolasta. Asiakkaamme kehuvat majoituspaikan huomaavaista ...
8,4/10 Very Good! (1 002 arvostelua)
First night, the front desk staff wasn’t friendly. This hotel has no free breakfast.

Arvosteltu 13.2.2026

DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Portland
Heathman Lodge

Heathman Lodge

3.5 out of 5
7801 NE Greenwood Dr Vancouver WA
Yövy tässä liikematkustukseen soveltuvassa hotellissa kohteessa Vancouver. Nauti ilmaisesta Wi-Fi-yhteydestä, ilmaisesta pysäköinnistä ja aamiaisesta (lisämaksusta). ...
9,2/10 Wonderful! (2 640 arvostelua)
Yes room was clean and space. Staff was very nice and courteous. We will stay again.

Arvosteltu 17.2.2026

Heathman Lodge
Alin löytämämme hinta viimeisten 24 tunnin aikana 1 yölle ja 2 aikuiselle. Hinnat ja saatavuus voivat muuttua. Muita ehtoja saatetaan soveltaa.

Sylvan-Highlands: Muita alueita lähistöllä

About 30 minutes east of Portland on Hwy 84 are a number of waterfalls, none more visible or famous than Multnomah.  Hardly hidden but a gem nonetheless.

Goose Hollow

Kohteessa Goose Hollow vieraillessasi kannattaa tutustua alueen nähtävyyksiin, joihin kuuluu Providence Park ja Artists Repertory Theatre, ja läheiset Goose Hollow-SW Jefferson Streetin raitiovaunupysäkki ja Kings Hill-SW Salmon Streetin raitiovaunupysäkki takaavat, että kaupunkiin tutustuminen on vaivatonta.

Goose Hollow
Nob Hill

Nob Hill

Kohteessa Nob Hill vieraillessasi kannattaa tutustua alueen nähtävyyksiin, joihin kuuluu Trevett-Nunn House ja Mission Theater, ja läheiset NW 23rd & Marshall -pysäkki ja NW Lovejoy & 22nd -pysäkki takaavat, että kaupunkiin tutustuminen on vaivatonta.

Nob Hill
Nob Hill showing signage and outdoor eating as well as a small group of people

Alphabet Historic District

Lukuisista ruokailumahdollisuuksista tunnettu Alphabet Historic District tarjoaa myös muita nähtävyyksiä, kuten Trevett-Nunn House, ja NW Lovejoy & 18th -pysäkki sekä NW Lovejoy & 21st -pysäkki takaavat, että alueeseen on helppoa tutustua.

Alphabet Historic District
Portlandin keskusta joka esittää veneily, eväsretkeily ja lahti tai satama

Downtown Portland

5/5(1 arvostelu alueesta)

Downtown Portland tunnetaan jokimaisemiin ja suosituista kaupoista. Muuta tekemistä ja näkemistä tarjoavat Portlandia (veistos) ja Portlandin kaupungintalo, ja City Hall-SW 5th and Jefferson Streetin raitiovaunupysäkki ja SW 6th-Madison Streetin raitiovaunupysäkki takaavat, että voit tutustua kaupunkiin myös laajemmin.

Downtown Portland
Pearl District which includes outdoor art

Pearl District

Lukuisista ruokailumahdollisuuksista tunnettu Pearl District tarjoaa myös muita nähtävyyksiä, kuten Broadway Bridge. Ja jos olet kiinnostunut tutustumaan myös lähiseudun tarjontaan, NW 10th & Johnson -pysäkki ja NW 11th & Johnson -pysäkki tekevät siitä helppoa.

Pearl District
Sunrise from the upper tram terminal at Oregon Health Science University. Timing is everything in photography. I have waited a year to get the right timing and weather for this shot. For those fortunate enough to ride the tram daily this is a common sight. Mount Hood in the background.

Lounais-Portland

Sellwood (silta) ja Portland Aerial Tram ovat suosittuja nähtävyyksiä kohteessa Lounais-Portland, joka tunnetaan jokimaisemiin. Bancroft St -pysäkki ja S Lowell & Bond -pysäkki varmistavat, että lähiseudun nähtävyyksiin on myös helppoa tutustua.

Lounais-Portland


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