Huddleston Fish Pond in Willamina was originally a log pond. Hampton Lumber Company donated the pond and surrounding land for a park to the City of Willamina. We first discovered the pond when we had a canoe back in the nineties, and I was interested in fishing. I remember it as difficult to navigate the canoe around the remaining logs. The pond is so much more now than just a fishing destination. The path around the perimeter of the pond is used by many people just for walking. It is one of our long-time favorites for birding, we have been reporting our bird observations to eBird here since January 2014.
adult Green Heron
immature Green Heron
Great Blue Heron
female and male Mallards
This pair of Mallards put on quite a display of courtship for us. You can see our complete observation list here.
After Willamina, we continued on to Sheridan for a lunch stop at Subway, and then for birding at Sheridan's South Side Park and Fishing Pond. You can see our observation list here.
We took our usual loop route home, driving through the small communities of Ballston and Perrydale, enjoying the fall foliage and rural setting.
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