Well, it had to happen sooner or later...the shutter failed on my Canon 10D body while I was out in the field yesterday. Every camera is rated for how long the shutter will last (the 10D is about 50,000 exposures) and mine was about due. It has been repaired once before and I will probably have this shutter replaced, but, I will most likely move "up" to a new Canon camera soon....I hope!
I did get some photos, however, and after the shutter failed I hiked several of the trails on Finley NWR (the Mill Hill trail, Woodpecker Trail, the Inter-tie Trail, the new Homer Campbell Memorial Trail). I will get a scan of the trails brochure online.
The William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge is a wonderful refuge with it's combination of historical and natural uniqueness. The Finley is one of the very few remaining Williamette Valley upland Prairie ecosystems and wetland prairie ecosystems. Even these, however, have been grazed in the past, by cattle and sheep. And, the history of the refuge is very interesting the previous families who owned land there and the historic structures that remain. I will provide more details in later blogs. Here are some preliminary photos:
Willamette Valley wetland prairie
Just in case you can not read the plaque.
Grasses dominate the weltand prairie habitat.
This forest of Oregon Ash, Big-leaf maple and some alder is seasonally flooded, Muddy Creek riparian area, Homer Campbell Memorial Trail
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