Conboy Lake NWR.
I was itching to get out somewhere drier than Portland on Friday and decided to revisit Conboy Lake NWR up in Washington.
Most of my time was spent on the Willard Springs trail where birds were busy with babies and eating and all the usual spring time stuff.
It did not take me long to find this sapsucker's nest as its babies were super loud. I watched both parents bring food and one do a little tidying up.
Yum.
Not far from the sapsucker nest a crew of young House Wrens hopped around on some down branches. Meep meep.
The forested part of the trail was filled with more birds and a pleasant sprinkling of columbine and honeysuckle.
RBNU kid
Nashville Warbler
I decided to turn around at the overlook, where not much of interest was happening. I almost left but then remembered to do a final scan and found a small herd of elk with young. Horrible photos here is one anyway:
There were a few little orchids along the trail that I *think* are phantom orchids, though not anywhere near pos…
Most of my time was spent on the Willard Springs trail where birds were busy with babies and eating and all the usual spring time stuff.
It did not take me long to find this sapsucker's nest as its babies were super loud. I watched both parents bring food and one do a little tidying up.
Yum.
Not far from the sapsucker nest a crew of young House Wrens hopped around on some down branches. Meep meep.
The forested part of the trail was filled with more birds and a pleasant sprinkling of columbine and honeysuckle.
RBNU kid
Nashville Warbler
I decided to turn around at the overlook, where not much of interest was happening. I almost left but then remembered to do a final scan and found a small herd of elk with young. Horrible photos here is one anyway:
There were a few little orchids along the trail that I *think* are phantom orchids, though not anywhere near pos…
