On a mid-March blustery day I did the four-mile loop hike in the Tualatin Hills Nature Park a few miles west of home in the heart of the city of Beaverton.
The 222-acre Park surrounds the confluence of Cedar Mill Creek and Beaverton Creek.
There were many trilliums in bloom – – – a showy, white, wild lily that grows on the forest floor. And, due to the varied habitat, I was able to spot other wildflowers in bloom, ducks, a gray squirrel and many small birds.
The nature park is mostly in a wetlands area. The never-ending rain had raised the floodplain considerably. There were many stretches of the trail where I was wading in several inches of muddy water.
Nonetheless, it was a nice outing on a weekend day.
Bewick’s Wren
A wet portion of the trail
Flowering Red Currant
A wet and bedraggled Trillium
Western Gray Squirrel “hiding” from me
Yellow Stream Violet
Western Robin
Nice stretch of the trail
Oregon Grape
Trillium
Flooded observation area
Love the sight of trilliums in spring. I grew up hiking the trails of what is now Tryon Creek S.P. and I miss those kind of flowers in Omak, WA. You are also at least 6-8 weeks ahead of us. Don
The trillium are also coming out in the lower portions of the Western Columbia River Gorge. They are always a sure sign that spring is almost here.