Trailhead sign near the parking area for the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge.

Canada Geese flying above the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge.

Mallard Ducks coming in for a landing at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge.

Green scum on Gee Creek as it slowly flows north from Carty Lake in the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge.

Gee Creek looking north as it slowly flows north from Carty Lake in the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge. Picture taken from the wood bridge over Gee Creek.

Sandhill Crane taking off at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge.

Sandhill Cranes flying from lake to lake at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge.

Typical picture of the trail/service road going across the meadows and wetlands on the west side of the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge.

Canada Geese flying above the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge.

Grassy knoll surrounded by Oak trees on the northern end of the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge.

Sandhill Cranes at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge.

Sandhill Cranes at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge.

A bat house at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge.

Ladder crossing of a barbed-wire fence on the northern end of the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge.

Sandhill Cranes flying from lake to lake at the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge.