The Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge is located a few miles southwest of town. It’s one of only a handful of […]
Archive for May 2013
A Happy Tanager
I returned to Oak Island on a nice afternoon for a chance to stretch my legs. It’s located in the […]
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Quilts and Flowers at the Jenkins Estate
It’s always fun to visit a new location for an outdoors adventure. On this sunny day we decided to try […]
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A Hardy Adventure
Early May I returned to the northern side of the Columbia River Gorge. The Hardy Ridge Trail, in the Beacon Rock State […]
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Magnificant Eagle on an Oak Island
Oak Island is located in the middle of Sturgeon Lake which is enclosed within Sauvie Island, about 15 crow-flying miles […]
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A Solitary Bloodsucker on a Cherry Outing
Nice sunny weather on a weekend day in the spring. Pinch me! Can it really be true? It was time […]
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Triple Waterfalls Makes a Delightful Outing
For a change I was joined by a couple of skilled hikers, Mark and Morrie, for a hike in the […]
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Baskett Delight
Another fun visit to a National Wildlife Refuge in the Willamette Valley it was. This time the destination was the […]
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Ankeny is All Right
It’s always interesting to visit one of the National Wildlife Refuges. One that I had not explored before was the […]
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Buzzard on the Prowl
While enjoying an outing near Virginia Lake on Sauvie Island, I spotted a turkey vulture near the road. It was […]