[obol] Sauvie Island and Necanicum R. mouth

[Lee and Lori Cain]

Yesterday there was alone male RED-BREASTED MERGANSER at the mouth of the
Necanicum River, in front of the SHS overlook.

Sauvie Island:
Today on the way home from Portland we swung through on the loop road and
out to the end...highlights were:

-- LOTS of geese, including SNOW GEESE, CACKLING, CANADA regulars and DUSKY
race
-- about 250 SANDHILL CRANES
-- lots of TUNDRA SWANS
-- 3 GREAT EGRET
-- 1 ROUGH LEGGED HAWK
-- numerous AMERICAN KESTRELS and RED-TAILED HAWKS, NORTHERN HARRIERS, BALD
EAGLES (one carrying a stick near reservation hunting area)
-- 1 possible GOLDEN EAGLE soaring in circles near the bridge, but too far
to be positive, and moving away




another ~100 SANDHILL CRANES on the south end of Scapoose, right next to the
highway, with a COOPER's HAWK watching from a nearby cottonwood

Lee Cain
Astoria