Gary R. Smith
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Took a few keepers this morning at the refuge.
A visit to the refuge
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Beth Anthony
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the 2nd & 3rd are nice with their low pov. i like the bald eagle in the 1st. your local refuge looks a little less frozen than mine.
Gary R. Smith
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Well, you guys on the east coast have been clobbered with cold. I don't believe that we've yet had a hard freeze. It was 51 degrees here yesterday.
Gary R. Smith
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It takes me about an hour to get from my place east of Portland to Ridgefield north of Portland.
The refuge has two "units" and the one that I usually go to is called the "River Unit". It has a driving loop (above in pink) and visitors are asked to stay in their vehicles. There are a few trails that open seasonally. What this means is that most of my shots are out of my car windows looking down or looking up. Besides an abundance of birds and water fowl there are also coyote and deer. I mostly ignore the four legged critters in favor of the birds of prey. I'm not well versed with the various ducks that seasonally visit.
The refuge has two "units" and the one that I usually go to is called the "River Unit". It has a driving loop (above in pink) and visitors are asked to stay in their vehicles. There are a few trails that open seasonally. What this means is that most of my shots are out of my car windows looking down or looking up. Besides an abundance of birds and water fowl there are also coyote and deer. I mostly ignore the four legged critters in favor of the birds of prey. I'm not well versed with the various ducks that seasonally visit.
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Beth Anthony
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it's been a few years since we had a decent cold snap, so we were due. the refuge i usually go to is about 10 minutes from where i work. there are 3 others fairly close by. it doesn't look too different from yours by the looks of the pics. lots of marsh areas and lakes.
