西爾萬-高地

波特蘭

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.

熱門景點


西爾萬-高地熱門飯店

公園巷套房飯店

公園巷套房飯店

2.5 out of 5
809 SW King Avenue Portland OR
2月19日至2月20日價格為每晚 NT$3,026
NT$3,026
總價 NT$3,510
2 月 19 日 - 2 月 20 日
含稅金和其他費用
此飯店位於波特蘭。這裡有免費無線上網、免費自助停車和健身中心等設施服務。許多旅客在評論中提到,他們很喜歡這間住宿的友善員工和乾淨客房。摩達中心和奧勒岡動物園等著名景點就在附近。
8.8/10 Excellent! (1,632 則評論)
Late check in due to flight cancelled, but didn't explain change reservation, which cause we had to moved out the room in the evening from the 2nd day of our 3 day booking. Hopefully we didn't get double charged.

評論日期:2025 年 11 月 15 日

公園巷套房飯店
派拉蒙飯店

派拉蒙飯店

3.5 out of 5
808 SW Taylor St Portland OR
2月22日至2月23日價格為每晚 NT$2,946
NT$2,946
總價 NT$3,434
2 月 22 日 - 2 月 23 日
含稅金和其他費用
此商務飯店位於波特蘭。這裡有免費無線上網、可供應早餐和24 小時健身中心等設施服務。許多旅客在評論中提到,他們很喜歡這間住宿的餐廳和酒吧。摩達中心和奧勒岡動物園等著名景點就在附近。
9.2/10 Wonderful! (3,211 則評論)
The staff are helpful

評論日期:2025 年 11 月 2 日

派拉蒙飯店
波特蘭機場拉迪森飯店

波特蘭機場拉迪森飯店

3.5 out of 5
6233 NE 78th Court Portland OR
2月26日至2月27日價格為每晚 NT$3,042
NT$3,042
總價 NT$3,685
2 月 26 日 - 2 月 27 日
含稅金和其他費用
此高爾夫飯店位於波特蘭。這裡有免費無線上網、可供應早餐和免費機場接駁車等設施服務。許多旅客在評論中提到,他們很喜歡這間住宿的早餐和餐廳。摩達中心和喀斯喀特車站購物中心等著名景點就在附近。
波特蘭機場拉迪森飯店
波特蘭市中心希爾頓大使套房飯店

波特蘭市中心希爾頓大使套房飯店

4 out of 5
319 SW Pine St Portland OR
3月1日至3月2日價格為每晚 NT$3,711
NT$3,711
總價 NT$4,391
3 月 1 日 - 3 月 2 日
含稅金和其他費用
此豪華飯店位於波特蘭。這裡有免費早餐、2 間餐廳和2 個浴缸等設施服務。許多旅客在評論中提到,他們很喜歡這間住宿的早餐和友善員工。摩達中心和奧勒岡動物園等著名景點就在附近。
波特蘭市中心希爾頓大使套房飯店
波特蘭希爾頓逸林飯店

波特蘭希爾頓逸林飯店

4 out of 5
1000 NE Multnomah Street Portland OR
2月21日至2月22日價格為每晚 NT$3,725
NT$3,725
總價 NT$4,343
2 月 21 日 - 2 月 22 日
含稅金和其他費用
此飯店位於波特蘭。這裡有免費無線上網、室外游泳池和2 間餐廳等設施服務。許多旅客在評論中提到,他們很喜歡這間住宿的友善員工和乾淨客房。摩達中心和奧勒岡動物園等著名景點就在附近。
波特蘭希爾頓逸林飯店
希瑟曼小屋飯店

希瑟曼小屋飯店

3.5 out of 5
7801 NE Greenwood Dr Vancouver WA
此商務飯店位於溫哥華。這裡有免費無線上網、免費自助停車和可供應早餐等設施服務。許多旅客在評論中提到,他們很喜歡這間住宿的餐廳和友善員工。溫哥華購物中心和溫哥華堡國家歷史遺址等著名景點就在附近。
希瑟曼小屋飯店
最低每晚價格是根據過去 24 小時以 2 位成人住宿 1 晚為條件所搜尋到的價格。價格和供應情況可能會有所變動。可能另外有其他條件限制。

西爾萬-高地的其他區域

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.

古斯霍魯

來到古斯霍魯,一定要找機會到普羅維登斯公園和藝術者話劇劇場走走,只要從古斯豪露-西南傑弗遜街站或國王山 - 西南薩盟街站搭地鐵,就能暢遊整座城市。

古斯霍魯
諾布山

諾布山

來到諾布山,一定要安排時間到特雷韋特納恩樓或使命劇場走走,只要從NW 23街與Marshall站或西北樂喬伊街與第22街站搭地鐵,就能深入探索不同區域。

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

字母歷史區

來過字母歷史區的人,都很喜歡這裡的多樣用餐選擇。如果您想要參觀著名景點,特雷韋特納恩樓就是個很棒的選擇。您也可以在西北樂喬伊與18街站或NW Lovejoy & 21st 站搭地鐵,來場城市巡迴之旅。

字母歷史區
波特蘭市區 其中包括 野餐, 划船 和 港灣

波特蘭市區

4.5/5(5 則地區評論)

波特蘭市區向來以秀麗河景和各式各樣的商店聞名,最熱門的景點包括波特蘭迪亞雕像和波特蘭市政廳,一定要安排時間去走走。您可以在市政廳 - 西南第 5 街和傑弗遜街站或西南 6 街 - 麥迪遜街站搭地鐵,暢遊整座城市。

波特蘭市區
Pearl District which includes outdoor art

珍珠區

珍珠區向來以多樣用餐選擇聞名,每年都吸引眾多旅客慕名而來。來到這裡不妨到處走走,在西北10街與約翰遜站或西北11街與約翰遜站搭地鐵,深入探索百老匯大橋等人氣景點。

珍珠區
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.

波特蘭西南部

波特蘭西南部向來以秀麗河景聞名,來到這裡,千萬別錯過賽爾伍德大橋和波特蘭空中纜車等熱門景點。如果想深入探索波特蘭,不妨從班克羅夫特街站或S Lowell & Bond 站搭地鐵,來場城市巡迴之旅。

波特蘭西南部


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