Yesterday, I spotted my first steelhead trout of spring in the shallows just below our swimming hole. I marvel how they find their way back from the ocean, up the 8 miles of our little river where we live, past numerous people fishing. Fortunately for the steelhead and salmon, no fishing is allowed in their spawning areas above the 7 mile point.
The view from my perch.
Looks like spawning behavior to me!
Today, Jim, Wally and I installed 7 Tree Swallow nest boxes at Lint Slough in Waldport. I was the lead on this project, getting approval from the city manager, and Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. It happened to be the one nice day we will have for awhile, weather wise. The coast didn't have a speck of snow, but here at the house, we are still slogging through about 5 inches of the stuff.
It will be a exciting to see how the swallows take to our boxes in another month or two. They will be migrating from as far south as the Amazon Basin in South America.
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