Minto Brown

7 September 2008
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Minto Brown Island Park, on a bank of the Willamette River.

Today my colloquium and I went on a visit to Minto Brown Island Park; it is really nice to be here since we are reading book of this parks natural history this weekend. At the moment I am sitting on a stony bank of the Willamette River. The bank is covered by thousands of colorful stones that must have been washed smooth by the river. This river is beastly it must be at least 100 feet wide here. From my earlier experience of swimming in the river I learned that is becomes quite deep just a few feet off shore. Although I did swim in the river I do not think it is something that I would do again or recommend, the river is not clean and seems to be polluted since it goes through a few urban Ares. Otherwise the river was very nice and there were small probably baby fish that I could not identify. There have also been a few ospreys that I saw from my seat on the bank. I assume that they are hunting the fish in the river, which reminds me of the osprey I would see this summer in the Sierra Nevada mountain range of California. These birds have so much grace and might as they dive down and catch and unsuspecting fish. It is truly a joy to watch these birds fish.