Northern Pintail
Lane Sewall, our Dallas Retirement Village bus driver, took us on a trip last week that resident Vern Beeson put together to the Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge. The fog cleared just before we arrived at this sprawling 1,800-acre refuge. Due to the government shut down there were no staff on hand to answer questions or help with suggestions, so we just rambled around on our own. We soon learned that the best place to see and photograph birds was the viewpoint in front of the Visitors Center. Vern provided a spotting scope, and we were able to get a closer look at the amazing number of waterfowl. The Northern Pintail, as show in the photo above, was the overwhelming species, and it was also probably the most beautiful species with the sharp contrasting colors. Northern Pintails are primarily winter visitors here, arriving in large numbers in November and leaving in March.
DRV resident LaVerda Gallager points out a bird to fellow resident Ginny Wyman
No comments:
Post a Comment