Use the links below to a day-by-day recounting of our Adventure in Education
Day 9 ~ Ridgefield NWR to Grants Pass, OR across The Columbia River and Oregon via Ankeny NWR
Look closely and you can see hundreds of cackling Canada Geese feeding in the field behind the refuge sign; this is the meaning of "refuge" made manifest.
On the trail at Ankeny NWR, Caravaners Rudy, Don, Lori, John F. in a "Teachable Moment" with folks that we met on the trail. The trees were loaded with migrating neo-tropicals.
Tim found a subject for his camera...
while the rest read the excellent signage and do some birding.
Walking out the boardwalk through the flooded forest of Oregon Ash brought us up close to Garter Snakes in the trees and a Muskrat.
Where are the Black Capped Chickadees? Ankeny became another refuge that was hard to leave.