The critters we share our neighborhood with
by Steve, September 25th, 2010
Jr. and I spent the afternoon at Tualatin Hills Nature Park doing a little bit of a scavenger hunt. “Something a deer might eat” was easy, since we saw a couple deer eating leaves right off the bat. Jr. noticed there was no check box for “snake” (he frequently declares on our nature walks, “We’re not going home until we’ve seen at least one snake or a frog”), but we decided “Something a bird would eat” covered it, since raptors love snakes.
It wasn’t long before we started seeing snakes. Then more snakes. Then a great big ball of snakes. Holy smokes, never have these two boys seen so dang many snakes!
(The girls, meanwhile, were dealing with their own special kind of wildlife at the mall.)
I drive past this 222 acre preserve on my way to work every day, but this is the first time we’ve visited. We’ll be back!
