Approximately 2.5 miles
Jackson Bottom Wetland Preserve is a 650- acre wildlife preserve in Hillsboro. The trail has interpretive information and it appears that there are summer programs for kids. Jackson Bottom is a very expansive wetland that includes open waters, wet meadows and forested wetlands.
Near the eastern boundary there is a blue heron colony. The signs near the colony stated that they nest in the the upper branches of the Douglas Fir trees but even with binoculars we did not see any nests. We did see many blue heron along with white egrets, mallards, killdeer, red winged blackbirds, canadian geese and many, many nutria.
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| Blue Heron |
We also passed a beautiful apple tree with very tart delicious apples. The hiking was not so great, but the bird watching was fantastic.
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| Bird Box |
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