I joined about 8-10 other birders for Vancouver Audubon's monthly "first of the month bird walk." We visited Sams Walker and Bonneville Dam before stopping at the St. Cloud Day Use Area on our drive back to Vancouver.
We walked the loop trail around the St. Cloud Ranch historic apple orchard looking for birds. We also took a side trip down a boot path to the Columbia River shoreline to add several other species to our list.
The trail was in good condition and the apples were ripening on the trees. Several people sampled different varieties of apples and reported that they were tart, so the apple varieties planted by the St. Cloud pioneer farmers were likely used for cider.
While we were there, a family arrived to pick apples.
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