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Jim Anderson came to Bend in 1951 and began a life-long adventure as a naturalist.  At Age 88, Anderson is the Source Weekly’s Natural World columnist.  To his friends, he is affectionately called Mr. Owl.  He guided thousands of youngsters on field trips serving as a naturalist at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry.  He helped found the Children’s Zoo in Portland.  In his words, he tells his story.

This article appears in Jan 18-25, 2017.

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A Beloved C. Oregon Naturalist Tells His Story

by Brian Jennings, The Source - Bend, Oregon
January 19, 2017

<h1>A Beloved C. Oregon Naturalist Tells His Story</h1> <p class="byline">by Brian Jennings, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />January 19, 2017</p> <p>Jim Anderson came to Bend in 1951 and began a life-long adventure as a naturalist. &nbsp;At Age 88, Anderson is the Source Weekly's Natural World columnist. &nbsp;To his friends, he is affectionately called Mr. Owl. &nbsp;He guided thousands of youngsters on field trips serving as a naturalist at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. &nbsp;He helped found the Children's Zoo in Portland. &nbsp;In his words, he tells his story.</p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/a-beloved-c-oregon-naturalist-tells-his-story-2778046/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=22543&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/a-beloved-c-oregon-naturalist-tells-his-story-2778046/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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