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Pretty fun morning hike. Ended on a sour note when I watched someone litter in front of me. But don't worry, I picked up their crap and threw it in a garbage can that he walked past 60 seconds after he threw his crap on the ground.

Wood ducks
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Canada geese
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Red-winged blackbird
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I meant to go for a 20 minute walk and it turned into two hours.

Wood duck and female mallard. I've seen these two together multiple times now. Wood ducks and mallards do breed and make hybrid ducks.
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I saw three wild turkeys today! That's the most I've ever seen at once in this park.
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About three minutes later I found a turkey feather.
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red-winged blackbird
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canada geese
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great horned owl
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And then I got home and saw the european goldfinch back again.
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Went out for another hike again today. I wanted to check out the hidden cascade since we had some thunderstorms this morning. It was flowing well.

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And a walk through the steaming prairie.
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And the first turtle sighting of the year.
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I ended up hiking nearly 6 miles yesterday, which is about three times as much as I usually hike in a day.

Tree swallows are back. They were all over the place along the Pike River.
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A marshy area with a wood duck house. And they're not visible but there were lots of western chorus frogs calling.
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