April 26, 2016 - At the end of the paved road from town there are seven miles of gravel road along the base of the mountain to our house.  Yesterday afternoon was cold, wet and grey when I returned home this way.  The spring bird migration is swinging into high gear and along the gravel road I saw an Osprey, Bald and Golden Eagles, six Kestrels sitting near each other with two more in the air, a pair of Kingfishers, one Long-billed Curlew, a pair of dancing Sandhill Cranes, and a pair of Swainson's Hawks near Soldier Creek.  What a drive!  Here is one of the Swainson's Hawks.