Fish Stocking Day

Jeanette and I went out to Sheridan South Side Park and Fishing Pond this morning to look for an unusual Black-crowned Night Heron that had been reported yesterday.  We didn't find it, but while scanning the pond for ducks an Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife truck arrived.  We guessed right away that it was a fish stocking truck from our years of volunteering at Roaring River Fish Hatchery. Sure enough it backed up and unloaded some fish.  For you fishing type people, this was a load of large brooder trout. I talked to the driver and his next stop was Huddleston Pond in Willamina. Grab your gear and get going, there was no one fishing there yet. (click on the image for a closer look)