The Wild

A couple weeks ago I purchased a new bird feeder from a local "general" store. (Yes, those do exist here) We hung it in our living room window to watch all the birds come and go. We get so many different colors and types of birds.

Note the sunny day we're having. 

Seriously. 

Getting a little too crowded

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Trekking through the marsh in Chinook. This is a great place to bring dogs if the beach is full of Portland/ Seattle visitors.

I guess this day we were only taking pictures of each other from the back. 

Beautiful day!

Wading through a yucky river. The water nearly came up to the top of my rain boots. Every time you tried to step forward your foot would create a suction in the mud/ water. 

That black dot in the center of the picture is a black bear. It was a pretty good size. He went his own way when we started shooting D's gun to get Bogey used to the sound. 

(Not that productive of a gun-training day. I ended up covered in mud from Bogey jumping on me to pick him up. Wimp.)

Side note: our little Ruca came gun-trained. She doesn't even flinch!