Ann Vileisis on the Rogue River

Added: 2026-05-26

[00:00:02]There's a certain cast of birds that you see on a lot of rivers, but especially the Rogue. And those are the birds that eat fish.

[00:00:11]And so, we would see on this river um birds like kingfishers, which are small birds that dive and eat fish.

[00:00:17]Mergansers, which are more ducks that eat fish. Um moving on up to some of the bigger birds like osprey that are amazing divers that plunge into the water and grab fish. And sometimes you can see them flying with either a fish or a lamprey in their talons, which is quite extraordinary.

[00:00:35]And then, the top of the list here in the Rogue is the bald eagle. We often see bald eagles and sometimes see them fishing, which is really breathtaking.