Say, Is That...?

[kevin_standlee]

I forgot to mention about our trip to Albany yesterday: While driving on OR-226, we spied one of those contraptions the power companies erect over high-voltage line to form areas where birds can nest without getting electrocuted (and shorting out the lines). There was a very impressive-sized nest built on the stand. A short distance farther along, I saw a large raptor flying toward us. As it passed almost directly overhead, I said, "Hey, that's a bald eagle!" Sure enough, there's are eagles nesting there. That's the second time Lisa and I have spotted eagles in Oregon. The first time was when we rode the short-lived Lewis & Clark Explorer train from Portland to Astoria a few years ago. As we passed over a bridge, we saw a bald eagle diving and flying away with a fish flapping in its talons, which was most impressive — possibly worth the entire price of the trip.

Comments

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

We see a lot of golden eagles at my parents' place in Central Oregon, and it's actually not unusual to see bald eagles in Seattle.

[scott-sanford.livejournal.com]

They're around, all right. I remember seeing an eagle circling for quite a while in the updrafts over The Evergreen State College in Olympia.

[petrea-mitchell.livejournal.com]

There are eagles on the river to the immediate north and south of Portland. I occasionally see one from my workplace (north Portland, along the Willamette).