Ecology

know the land

Do you have property and would like to know more about the ecology and natural history of the land? Owl Flats can do a full ecological assessment of your property and deliver to you a comprehensive report in an easy to understand format. You will get multiple high resolution GPS images with waypoints, photographs and maps interpreting the ecology.

Are you curious about what lives on your land, or what passes through in the night? Owl Flats can set up a trail camera system to capture images of animals and birds. Maybe you are worried about trespassers? The cameras will catch them too!

Dave Shapiro is a seasoned naturalist. Through animal tracking, trail cameras, and an understanding of Oregon deep ecology and natural history honed over 20 years, he can help you understand the connections between the plants, animals, birds and geologic features and what that means for you as a property owner.

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A black bear passes through the back woods on the Silton Preserve (the land behind Owl Flats)

A mother deer licking her fawn. Fawn can't be but a few days old.

A bobcat I filmed with my trailcam. I had been trying to get a good video of this cat for a few months, so I was pretty excited to capture this.

Watch this coyote strike a pose right in front of my trail camera!

A lone bull elk comparable in age to a teenage human walks the forest in search of food. He's looking scraggly, but if he lives through the winter, he'll be all the tougher for it.

In the Summer of 2018 this family of elk cows and calves were living in the forest behind my house

Coyote after the snow in early February.

A good looking buck enters the Owl Flats forest one November early morning