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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Category: Ducks
Wood Duck Neighbors
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.
Tualatin National Wildlife Refuge in late Winter
Carla and I took a late winter hike at the Tualatin National Wildlife Refuge
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Wood Ducks
Picture Dates: February 18 & 24, 2019 Last weekend (February 17, 2019) our neighbor and local wood duck supporter cleaned out the nesting box in the green space behind our house. Just in time. The next morning a couple of wood ducks were scoping out the homes in the neighborhood. The female was already in… Continue reading Wood Ducks
Wood Ducks 2018
It’s that time of year again: wood ducks are pairing up and looking for nesting spots. Thanks to our neighbor Jon we have a great wood duck box (is it a duck box that is made of wood or a box for wood ducks?) If I remember their habits correctly, at this time of year,… Continue reading Wood Ducks 2018
