The Tualatin River NWR is another regular outing for us: close to home, with plenty of seasonal variation. On this visit the first signs of spring were evident, and many migrating waterfowl we’d seen over the winter were still on site. In another few weeks, the trails that close during nesting season will re-open, and I’m sure we’ll be back there soon.
Nancy wrote about this visit on her blog.
(Click any image for a lightbox style slideshow of all the photos in this gallery.)
After 7+ years as an Oregon resident, I finally spotted a beaver in the wild! 
A Lesser Yellowlegs 
A Northern Shoveler 
Swallows were busily working above the wetlands. 
Side eye from a robin. 
Yellow rumped warbler? 
Towhee playing hide and sing. 
White crowned sparrow? 
Yellow-rumped warbler 
A shy bushtit. 
Geese on the move. 
Goose at rest. 
Pintails. 
Gadwall.
Discoveries 
a shy bushtit and a wild beaver walked into a bar… okay but I really do love the colors / composition of the white crowned sparrow xoxo
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