Warning: I picked a bland image as the featured image. This post has pictures of the remains of a dead bird. If that might disturb you, skip this post.
Yesterday afternoon (March 28, 2023) I was staring out a window into the green space behind our house and saw a hawk going to the accipter (thanks for the term Frances) buffet
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A corollary to “it’s better to have a friend with a boat than to own a boat” is “it’s better to have a friend with a vacation house than to own a vacation house.”
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With the promise of a bright sunny day it was high time I got out to capture some pictures of trains. My first stop was on Columbia Blvd near St Johns, right where the railroad tracks come out of a tunnel under Mock’s Crest. Union Pacific and BNSF both have lines here that line up to the bridge across the Columbia River. I thought this would be a great location and I’d have my choice of pictures.
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Our friend and neighbor Jon came over around February to clean out the Wood Duck box. If you are a snarking English major like me you are probably asking is that a wooden box for any kind of duck? No it’s a wooden nesting box for Wood Ducks. We haven’t seen a lot of activity this year but on the last day of March a mating pair checked out the accommodations.
Carla and I took a late winter hike at the Tualatin National Wildlife Refuge
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