Oregon and Washington Part 3

I am back from Washington now, but I will continue to post about the trip.  There will probably be one or two more parts after this one.

Two weeks ago on Saturday, we went on a trolley bus and took a short tour of downtown Portland.  We went to a Chinese garden and saw beautiful water-lilies and koi fish.  Below are three photos.  The first is of the trolley-bus, the second is a water-lily, and the third is of four koi fish.

Portland is filled with trees; though, at most, these trees are only seventy years old.  Before that, nearly all of the trees in the area were cut down for the logging industry.  Fortunately, people are now a bit more careful, so there are a lot of trees again.  Below is a photo of a park filled with trees.

The next day, we went to Oaks Park, which is mostly an amusement park, but there are quieter picnic areas shaded by trees.  It is also right next to the Willamette River, so we had a nice view.  I looked for birds, but I only saw crows, a creeper, and some chickadees.  I think that there are probably more birds in the early morning and evening and when it isn't so hot.  Below is a crow sitting on a fence nearby our table.

American Crow

The chickadees were all black-capped chickadees.  They are the most common one in Oregon, though there are two other species there: the mountain and the chestnut-backed.  Black-capped chickadees are found throughout the northern United States, southern Canada, and southern Alaska all year round.  They are very common in any wooded habitat and are most often in groups of other chickadees or other songbirds.  Black-capped chickadees have black caps and throats, white faces and chests, tan sides, and gray backs.  Below is one chickadee that was in a small flock of about four.

Black-capped Chickadee

There were many beautiful trees and other plants around.  The trees near the picnic tables seemed to be the creeper's favorite, though I' not sure what they are.  There were also tall cottonwood trees.  The paths were lined with piles of the cotton, and plants nearby were coated with it.  It looked as if all the plants had thick cobwebs on them.  There were also more blackberries and very tall trees of different kinds.  Below are five photos.  The first is a tree by the table, the second is a view of the Willamette River, the third is cotton on a cottonwood tree, the fourth is a very tall tree (I don't what kind), and the fifth is blackberries.