From leopards to owls: Sri Lankan photographer turns lens to Oregon

Published on: 10/11/2026

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Corvallis-based photographer Torsten Wijernte, originally from Sri Lanka, photographed a northern pygmy owl, one of Oregon’s smallest owls, in the Siuslaw National Forest in March 2026. It’s one of many wildlife species he has photographed across the state. A great gray owl with a kill in central Oregon in June 2026. Before moving to Oregon in 2024, Sri Lanka native and photographer Toshan Wijeratne photographed a Sri Lankan leopard carrying a deer into a tree at Yala National Park in Sri Lanka. Wildlife photographer Toshan Wijeratne, a Sri Lanka native who moved to Corvallis in 2024, photographed a northern pygmy owl carrying a northern alligator lizard in Oregon's Siuslaw National Forest last September. Corvallis-based wildlife photographer Toshan Wijeratne captured a stunning photo of a burrowing owl in the glow of a rainbow on Christmas Day 2024. He snapped the photo in Shedd, Ore., between Salem and Eugene. Sri Lanka native and Corvallis-based photographer Toshan Wijeratne photographed great horned owlets in Corvallis in May 2025. Wildlife photographer Toshan Wijeratne captured two red foxes facing off, mouths open, in Northern California during his wildlife photography adventures since moving to Oregon in 2024. Sri Lanka native and Corvallis-based photographer Toshan Wijeratne photographed an osprey catching a fish in Albany in September 2024. Wildlife photographer Toshan Wijeratne photographed a Sri Lankan elephant (Elephas maximus maximus), a subspecies of the Asian elephant, in his native Sri Lanka, where he spent years documenting the country's wildlife before moving to Oregon in 2024. Corvallis-based photographer Toshan Wijeratne captured a pair of river otters near Eugene in September 2025. Wildlife photographer Toshan Wijeratne photographed an American black bear in Tennessee's Great Smoky Mountains, one of the wildlife encounters he's captured since moving to Corvallis, Oregon, in 2024. A nesting screech owl near Corvallis, Oregon, in May 2026. Photo courtesy of Toshan Wijeratne Sri Lanka native and Corvallis-based photographer Toshan Wijeratne photographed a rufous hummingbird nest in Corvallis in April 2025. A bald eagle nest in central Oregon in May 2026. Courtesy of Toshan Wijeratne A female Anna’s hummingbird feeds her chick near Corvallis, Oregon, in May 2026. Courtesy of Toshan Wijeratne Sri Lanka native and Corvallis-based photographer Toshan Wijeratne photographed an osprey silhouetted against a full moon in Corvallis in September 2024. Wildlife photographer Toshan Wijeratne photographed the back of a northern pygmy owl's head in Oregon's Siuslaw National Forest. Two dark feather markings resemble a second pair of eyes, making the bird appear to have four. Sri Lanka native and Corvallis-based photographer Toshan Wijeratne photographed an American pika at Crater Lake National Park in August 2024. Wildlife photographer Toshan Wijeratne photographed a gray fox carrying a rodent in its mouth in Oregon, one of his wildlife encounters since moving to Corvallis in 2024. Sri Lanka native and Corvallis-based photographer Toshan Wijeratne photographed a barred owl with a kill in Corvallis in April 2024.

In Sri Lanka, wildlife photographer Toshan Wijeratne photographed more than 160 individual wild leopards. Now in Oregon, one of the predators he’s obsessed with weighs about as much as a chicken egg.

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