Going bird watching in Oaks Bottom
By
Sean Patrick Hill
The Bee
August 06, 2008
Mike Houck leads tours of the Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge in Portland.
The first bird identified this late-July afternoon is the Pandion haliaetus, the large fish-hunting raptor known as the Osprey. Circling in flight above the water, it earns its colloquial name “fish hawk.” In the distance, juvenile ospreys cry out in the nest, waiting for their meal.
