Wildlife frolics the refuge after rain returns to the Pacific Northwest
A sandhill crane — the bird featured on the city seal of Ridgefield — wanders a marsh at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge River S Unit on Monday, Oct. 26.
Photo by Chris Barker
A Columbian white-tailed buck rests in tall grass at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge River S Unit on Thursday, Oct. 29.
Photo by Chris Barker
A great blue heron stands in a wetland at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge River S Unit on Monday, Oct. 26.
Photo by Chris Barker
A mallard drake floats in a pond at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge River S Unit on Monday, Oct. 26.
Photo by Chris Barker
A great egret feasts on a vole at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge River S Unit on Thursday, Oct. 29.
Photo by Chris Barker
A red-tailed hawk looks over its back in a tree at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge River S Unit on Monday, Oct. 26.
Photo by Chris Barker
A great egret locks in on potential prey at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge River S Unit on Monday, Oct. 26.
Photo by Chris Barker
A fly agaric mushroom grows at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge River S Unit on Thursday, Oct. 29.
