If you were worried about the ospreys whose nest on the Albany railroad bridge was taken over by Canada geese, you can rest easy. The ospreys have given up and moved next door.
Bowman Park on the Willamette River in Albany was closed today because of an overflow of untreated sewage caused by a power failure that shut down the city’s treatment plant and related pump stations.
Construction continues at The Banks, the new apartment complex on the Willamette River in Albany. But most of it is finished, and on Friday they held a grand opening.
This is not the first time this has happened, but once again the big nest that generations of ospreys built on the Albany railroad bridge has been taken over by a pair of Canada geese.
Bowers Rock State Park was deserted when I paid a visit Saturday on what seemed like the first dry afternoon in weeks.
Last November I ran a story here speculating about a structural detail of Albany’s Ellsworth Street Bridge, a detail that seemed puzzling at the time and still does.
OLd boardwalk to remain unchanged
The boardwalk overlooking the Willamette River under the Ellsworth Street Bridge in Albany will remain unchanged by the city’s riverfront improvement plan, I learned today.
Tags: Albany riverfront, boardwalk, Ellsworth Bridge, old boardwalk, urban renewal, Waterfront Project, Willamette River