A pair of Wood Ducks harken the arrival of Spring at Ridgefield.
A Red-winged Blackbird surveys its domain around one of the ponds.
Spring is approaching and two male Northern Shovelers battle each other over a possible mate. This went on back and forth for several minutes.
Not ducks, but four geese in a row swimming in one of the ponds.
As a flock of geese circle the ground before landing, a Bald Eagle watches from a nearby tree.
A Columbia Black-Tail deer spots a photographer early one morning.
A few Dusky Geese come in for a landing in a middle of a larger group.
An Otter, along with two others not shown, swim and dive for food in one of the canals in the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge.
A Great Blue Heron catches a Rough-Skinned Newt in one of the canals at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge. This was the second newt the Heron caught in a few minutes.
A young deer peers over the grass near one of the ponds. Another sibling was nearby in the grass and the mother grazing nearby.
Two coyote pups move around a field near some cattle. There were at least one more pup nearby with older parents nearby.
Red-winged Blackbird perched on Teasel.
A Rough-legged Hawk looks for prey in a tree at the Ridgefield (Wash.) National Wildlife Refuge.
A Great Blue Heron moves a snake to it can be swallowed one morning at the Ridgefield (Wash.) National Wildlife Refuge. This was the second snake the bird snatched in 15 minutes.
A male Wood Duck is dressed in all its colorful Spring mating colors on a pond in the Ridgefield (Wash.) National Wildlife Refuge.
The take-off routine of a Dusky Goose at the Ridgefield (Wash.) National Wildlife Refuge.
Normally difficult to spot, a Marsh Wren sings in the warm sunshine of an early Spring day at the Ridgefield (Wash.) National Wildlife Refuge.
A Red-winged Blackbird stands on a fence pose with twisted metal cables around it at the Ridgefield (Wash.) National Wildlife Refuge.
Several Long-billed Dowitchers feed in the mud along a pond in the Ridgefield (Wash.) National Wildlife Refuge.
Northern Shrike in the sun at the Ridgefield, Wash., National Wildlife Refuge.
Sandhill Cranes in the Ridgefield, Wash., National Wildlife Refuge.
Sandhill Cranes feeding in the Ridgefield, (Wash.) Wildlife Refuge.
A Great Egret searches for food from the bank of a canal inside the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge.
A Sparrow sits on a plant along the road through the Ridgefield (Washington) National Wildlife Refuge.
A Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) sits in a tree along a canal in the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge in Washington.
Adult Common Yellowthroat ( Geothlypis tracheas), Pacific variety, at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, Ridgefield, Washington.
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) in the Ridgefield NWR in Ridgefield, Washington.
Great Blue Heron catches a meal at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge. Though the frog tried to fend off the bird, the heron won.
An American Coot (Fulica Americana) with two fuzzy chicks at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge, Washington.
Rough-legged Hawk (Buteo lagopus) eating lunch at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge in Ridgefield, Washington.