Summertime at the Tualatin Hills Nature Park


Tualatin Hills Nature Park

Squirrels

On a pretty day in late June, I returned to the Tualatin Hills Nature Park for a four-mile loop hike.

The 222-acre Park, surrounding the confluence of Cedar Mill Creek and Beaverton Creek, is always a fine spot to see wildlife. Over the years I’ve seen deer, nutrias, snakes, newts, squirrels, songbirds, bunnies and many varieties of waterfowl.

Gray Squirrel

Daisy

Wetlands

Bunnies

It is remarkably diverse with wetlands, forests, ponds and streams. The trails’ names tell the story – – – Oak, Owl, Old Wagon, Vine Maple, Big Fir, Cougar, Cedar Grove, Ash, Serviceberry, Big Pond, Trillium Loop and Ponderosa Loop.

A nice place to visit.

Cottontail

Path over marshy area

One of several small ponds

Cottontail (second one seen along trail)

Those Owls!

Wild Raspberries

 

 

 

 

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