Anyway, we stopped at the end of the road and got out to walk around. We saw these birds hanging out. I don't know what they are; some kind of hawk maybe? I need my friends that know about birds to chime in here.
He was kind of a long way away and I don't have an great camera for those kinds of shots, but I had to take his picture anyway.
Here's a mama in her nest. She was shrieking at the top of her lungs. I don't know if she was yelling at the kids or what, but she was quite animated.
She finally got away from the kids and flew over by the other bird. Wonder if he is papa?
You know me. I have to take pictures of wildflowers. I thought these were pretty. Be glad I didn't get a decent picture of the ladybug.
I thought this was an interesting picture. So much for the wildlife preserve.
After we left the end of the road, we stopped at an area called Frenchman's Bar. I don't know why it's called that because the sign was empty. Anyway, there was a trail that took us down to the Columbia River and we walked on the shore for a while.
I was really surprised to see shells on the shore. I didn't know there was anything that came in a shell that lived in the river.
The dogs thought it was great fun. Well, except for the really hot sand up closer to the trail. We had to carry them over that. :-)
Sophie kept trying to bite the waves as the came up by her.
They liked getting in the water and splashing around. I wish we could have let them off leash to run and play but there were lots of other people there as well as other dogs (who were on leash) so we followed the rules.
It was a nice outing.
3 comments:
After seeing a picture on Diane's blog, I think these might be osprey.
You are right. They are osprey. I know exactly where those birds are located.
Looks like you had a fun time. I love the picture of Sophie trying to bite the waves.
Yay for Greg! He is almost holding his own with the girls.
Looks like y'all had a fabulous time.
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