Swans, Geese and Cranes on Sauvie Island

A free day in December -- even if the weather is mostly a mix of rain and snow -- should not be spent indoors when there are so many "good birds" around. Today on Sauvie Island north of Portland, the sun broke through just long enough to create a rainbow above the thousands of Snow Geese and Tundra Swans that were resting on the water, and apparently made the Sandhill Cranes think that the grass might be greener on the other side of the island.