View of the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant from along U.S. Highway 30 on April 22, 2006.
View of the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant from along U.S. Highway 30 on April 22, 2006.
View of the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant from along U.S. Highway 30 on April 22, 2006.
Heading south from Graham Road on Highway 30, the rest of the power plant site comes into view. This would be a great viewpoint if it wasn't for the traffic of the highway being literally a few feet away. Not much shoulder on the highway here. Great panorama though.
Panorama of the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant from along Highway 30 on April 22, 2006.
There is spot to pull off the highway close to this spot, where an informational sign explains about the Whistling Swans, for whom these wetlands are a winter habitat, though when I took these pictures, the swans had already migrated north for the summer.
Whistling Swan Sign on April 22, 2006.
THE WHISTLING SWAN
THESE ARE THE COMMON NATIVE SWAN OF NORTH AMERICA. THEIR NESTING GROUNDS ARE ON LOWLAND LAKES ALONG THE ARCTIC COASTS OF ALASKA AND CANADA. IN EARLY AUTUMN THEY MIGRATE SOUTH TO BOTH U.S. COASTS TO SPEND THE WINTER IN A WARMER CLIMATE. THESE LARGE WHITE BIRDS ARE FOUND IN THIS AREA FROM NOVEMBER TO MARCH.
EXCEPT FOR THE RARE TRUMPETER, THE WHISTLING SWAN IS THE LARGEST WILD FOWL IN OREGON. IT HAS A WING SPREAD OF APPROXIMATELY 7 FT. AND A WEIGHT OF 12 TO 19 LBS.
IN OREGON THEY ARE PROVIDED COMPLETE YEAR AROUND PROTECTION, AND HUNTING THEM IS NOT PERMITTED.
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