Commissioned by the Crater Lake Institute in 2008, this dramatic painting shows the actual Painted Hills Overlook shortly after a rain has enhanced the hills of John Day Fossil Beds.
Location: overlook area at Painted Hills, John Day Fossil Beds NM.
- Black-tailed Jackrabbit Lepus californicus
- Least Chipmunk Eutamius minimus
- Belding’s Ground Squirrel Spermophilus beldingi
- Coyote Canis latrans
- Mule Deer Odocoileus hemionus
- Bighorn Sheep Ovis canadensis
- Sagebrush Lizard Sceloporus graciosus
- Striped Whipsnake Masticophus teaniatus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
- California Quail Callipepia californica
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Long-eared Owl Asio otus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- American Magpie Pica hudsonia
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Western Meadowlark Sturnella neglecta
- Lazuli Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Melissa Blue butterfly Plebejus melissa
- Bluebunch Wheatgrass Apropyron spicatum
- Giant Wildrye Elymus cinereus
- Western Juniper Juniperus occidentalis
- Big Sagebrush Artemisia tridentata
- Purple Sage Salvia dorrii
- Linear-leafed Daisy Erigeron linearis
- Mariposa Lily Calochortus macrocarpus
- Yarrow Achillea millefolium
- Indian Paintbrush Castilleja chromosa
- Cushion Phlox Phlox hoodii
- Golden Bee Plant Cleome platycarpa
- Prairie Clover Petalostemon sp.
- John Day Chaenactis Chaenactis nevii
- Arrowleaf Balsamroot Balsamorhiza sagittata
- Globe-mallow Sphaeralcea munroana
- Sunflower Helianthus annuus
- Prickly-pear Cactus Opuntia polyacantha
- Simpson’s Ball Cactus Pediocactus simpsonii
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