[obol] Banks Baldies

[Cliff & Joanne Weber]

OBOL, hello!

The water out at Killin Wetlands/Cedar Canyon is pretty frozen over; with
the waterfowl (e.g. Northern Pintails) finding patches of clear water
wherever they can.

The Bald Eagle nest alongside Hwy 6 was occupied by an adult today around
10:am. It's a pity that when they finally get around to nurturing young, the
leaves in their tree will be in and seriously obscure the nest as viewed
from the side of the road. However, just in case someone would like to mark
this nest out now, while it's very easily seen from a car; here's where to
look.

Where: ... The nest is located high up in a tree, on the left, about 7.5
tenths of a mile past the intersection of Hwy 47 and Hwy 6 at the town of
Banks going west towards Tillamook. If you cross over the W. Fork of Dairy
Creek you've gone too far and will have to turn around and come back roughly
3.5 tenths of a mile measured from the creek. The nest tree is barely 50 to
75 feet or so off the side of the road and the nest is really huge and easy
to see.

Thomas Bros Portland street guide page 531, square H6

Google satellite image: http://tinyurl.com/y54t76

Cliff & Joanne Weber
Beaverton (Rock Creek area)