William Finley Wildlife
by Nick Boren
Title
William Finley Wildlife
Artist
Nick Boren
Medium
Photograph - Nikon Photography
Description
At the William Finley Wildlife refuge near Corvallis Oregon, one can find many species of wildlife here. It also becomes a wonderful place for wildlife photographers to hang out. One of them would be me! :-)
In this particular photo, if one looks closely, you can find four different varieties of birds. In the sky there are Canada Geese, in the water to the left you will see ducks, in the trees the white you see are Egrets, and to the far right in the trees there are two hawks.
I wish I could have got a little closer to the wildlife in this shot, but unfortunately I could not.
From Wikipedia:
William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge is a natural area in the Willamette Valley in Oregon, United States.[3][4] It was created to provide wintering habitat for dusky Canada geese. Unlike other Canada geese, dusky Canada geese have limited summer and winter ranges. They nest on Alaska's Copper River Delta and winter almost exclusively in the Willamette Valley. Habitat loss, predation, and hunting have caused a decrease in population.
Located ten miles south of Corvallis, Oregon, the refuge protects many of the historic habitats of the valley, including the largest remaining tract of native Willamette Valley wet prairie. Fields of wildlife food crops are interspersed with Oregon white oak savannah, meandering creeks with bottomland Oregon ash forest, old growth bigleaf maple, and native prairie.
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February 24th, 2024
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