If you are looking for a short hiking trail like no other here in the Mid-Willamette Valley, you really do not have to look far. Just south of Salem, the Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge has several trails that get you off the ground and on a boardwalk that takes you through the trees and over streams to bird viewing blinds that allow hikers to watch birds without disturbing them. The Rail Trail takes hikers on a boardwalk through an Oregon Ash Wetland, while the Pintail & Egret Marsh Boardwalk takes hikers through a lowland forest to the Pintail and Egret Marshes. It is here along this boardwalk where you can here the birds calling through the woods as the trail meanders left and right through the trees before coming into the open marshes at the observation area. For those that come at the right time, you may be able to see some of the amphibians that inhabit the region, but you have to be quiet if you want to see them.
The Pintail & Egret Marsh Boardwalk
So if you're looking for a short bird-watching hike in the mid-Willamette Valley,
check out either the Rail Trail or the Pintail & Egret Marsh Boardwalk at the Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge. Until next
time, get outside and and enjoy hiking on one of the many
trails in the
great Oregon
Outdoors.
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