Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge — Friday, Jan. 9, 2015

Southwest Washington > Vancouver Area

We met friends from Portland and drove the 4.2 mile Auto Tour Route. We saw red-tailed hawks, brown creepers, great egrets, a variety of ducks, nutria, muskrats, eagles , 3 sand hill cranes flying above, geese, hooded mergansers, swans, herons and coots. After driving the auto route, we drove to the Carty Unit and hiked the 2 mile Oaks to Wetlands Hiking Trail. Here we saw very few birds. There was not much water in the Wetlands. This is a very enjoyable wildlife refuge.