SBCN Photo Gallery
Browse below for photos of shrubsteppe and shrubland, juniper woodland,
and grassland habitats, shrubsteppe birds, and shrubsteppe land-use from
Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada, and Wyoming. This is a thumbnail page:
click on the small images for a larger version. This is a public-domain gallery:
feel free to use photos from this site for any non-commercial use. Please credit
the PRBO Conservation Science Shrubsteppe Monitoring Program for photos without a photographer listed.
PRBO photos by Aaron Holmes, Dan Barton, Dominic DiPaolo, and Cody Martz.
Most outstanding photos of birds and bird nests provided by Larry Barnes;
please credit him when using photos marked with (LB).
To contribute new photos to this gallery, please email
Dan Barton a high-quality version of the image. We hope to add images of shrubsteppe
habitats and birds to represent the diversity of shrubsteppe.
Shrubland habitats
Low sagebrush (
Artemisia arbuscula)
community, Trout Creek Mountains, Malheur County, Oregon.
Low sagebrush (
A. arbuscula)
community, Washoe County, Nevada.
Silver Sagebrush (
A. canescens)
community, Lake County, Oregon
Basin big sagebrush (
A. tridentata tridentata)
/ Indian rice grass (
Achnatherum hymenoides)
community, Harney County, Oregon
Basin big sagebrush / bluebunch wheatgrass
(
Psuedoroegneria spicata)
community, Malheur County, Oregon
Basin big sagebrush community in sandy soil (lacking understory),
Washoe County, Nevada.
Mountain big sagebush (
A. t. vaseyana) /
antelope bitterbrush (
Purshia tridentata)
community, Malheur County, Oregon
Mountain big sagebrush community, Steens Mountain, Harney County, Oregon
Burn line seperating mountain big sagebrush & bluebunch wheatgrass communities,
Lassen County, California
Wyoming big sagebush (
A. t. wyomingensis) /
bluebunch wheatgrass community with a rich forb component, Malheur County, Oregon
Wyoming big sagebush
community with a rich forb component, Skedaddle Mountain, Lassen County, California
Wyoming big sagebush bluebunch wheatgrass community with a rich forb component, Lassen County, California
Wyoming big sagebush
/ Idaho fescue (
Festuca idahoensis)
Lake County, Oregon
Bitterbrush community, Fort Sage Mountains, Lassen County, California
Greasewood (
Sarcobatus vermiculatus) /
Great Basin giant wild rye (
Elymus cinereus)
community, Lassen County, California
Grassland Communities
Cheatgrass (
Bromus tectorum) grassland,
converted from a sagebrush-dominated community by fire, Morrow County, Oregon
Cheatgrass / russian thistle (
Salsola kali) grassland,
converted from a sagebrush-dominated community by fire, Morrow County
Cheatgrass (
Bromus tectorum) grassland,
converted from a sagebrush-dominated community by fire, Grant County, Oregon
Needle-and-thread grass (
Hesperostipa comata) community,
Grant County, Washington
Bluebunch wheatgrass (
Pseudoroegneria spicata) community,
Malheur County, Oregon
Bluebunch wheatgrass community, Grant County, Washington
Woodland Communities
Mountain big sagebrush (
A. t. vaseyana)
community with western juniper woodland (
Juniperus occidentalis)
Harney County, Oregon
Western juniper (
Juniperus occidentalis) community,
Steens Mountain, Harney County, Oregon
Western juniper / Wyoming big sagebrush (
A. t. wymoingensis)
/ Idaho fescue (
Festuca idahoensis) community, Lake County, Oregon
Curlleaf mountain mahogany (
Cercocarpus ledifolius) / Mountain big
sagebrush community, Malheur County, Oregon
Birds & Nests
Black-billed Magpie (
Pica hudsonia) nest
Black-throated Sparrow (
Amphispiza bilineata) nest in
ephedra (
Ephedra viridis)
Brewer's Blackbird (
Euphagus cyanocephalus) (LB)
Brewer's Sparrow (
Spizella breweri) on nest
Brewer's Sparrow perched on big sagebrush (LB)
Brewer's Sparrow perched on big sagebrush (2) (LB)
Brewer's Sparrow perched carrying food (LB)
Gray Flycatcher (
Empidonax wrightii) perched on big sagebrush (LB)
Gray Flycatcher nest (LB)
Grasshopper Sparrow (
Ammodramus savannarum) perched and singing (LB)
Green-tailed Towhee (
Pipilo chlorurus) (LB)
Green-tailed Towhee nest in mountain big sagebrush
Horned Lark (
Eremophila alpestris) on ground (LB)
Horned Lark nest (2) (LB)
Lark Sparrow (
Chondestes grammicus) (LB)
Loggerhead Shrike (
Lanius ludovicianus) on fence (LB)
Loggerhead Shrike nest (2) (LB)
Mountain bluebird (
Sialia currucoides) (LB)
Pinyon Jay (
Gymnorhinus cyanocephalus) nestlings
Rock Wren (
Salpinctes obseletus) singing (LB)
Sage Sparrow (
Amphispiza belli) on nest
Sage Sparrow on nest (2) (LB)
Sage Sparrow closeup (LB)
Sage Sparrow on big sagebrush
Sage Thrasher (
Oreoscoptes montanus) nest
Sage Thrasher nest (2) (LB)
Sage Thrasher nestlings (LB)
Sage Thrasher singing (LB)
Sage Thrasher singing (2) (LB)
Vesper Sparrow (
Pooecetes gramineus) on fence (LB)
Vesper Sparrow nest closeup (LB)
Western Meadowlark (
Sturnella neglecta) carrying food (LB)
Western Meadowlark nest (LB)
Land-use
Cattle grazing in a shrubsteppe-grassland community, Washoe County, Nevada
Agricultural fragmentation of shrubsteppe habitat, Douglas County, Washington
Fragmentation of shrubsteppe habitat from agriculture, power lines, roads, highways, and
juniper expansion, Lassen County, California
Manual western juniper thinning (
Juniperus occidentalis),
Harney County, Oregon
Natural gas development in a shrubsteppe community, Sublette County, Wyoming
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