A sea lion cautioned us against getting too close to his haulout spot as we passed by
We’re back in the Columbia River – it’s definitely the home stretch.
After relaxing, recovering, and working through a list of boat chores for two days in Astoria, we started the last leg of the trip back to Portland.
There are many, many channel markers to guide the commercial traffic, and nearly every one features an osprey nest on top
This feels like familiar territory to us – we’re used to the freighters passing close alongside in the narrow river channel, the barge traffic, and the hundreds and hundreds of small aluminum fishing boats chasing the salmon.
Lone cormorant at maximum elevation
Typical freighter – the river looks wide, but the navigable channel for these guys is often only 600′ wide. When two of them are passing, there is sometimes not a lot of room left for us…
