Steve and Kathy, on a trail at Exploding Whale Memorial Park, about 5 minutes from their house.
They took us out to show us some of the local areas where we might find some birds.
The legend/story is, a Sperm whale died on the beach (shore of the Siuslaw River) in 1970. The OR highway division used dynamite to blow up the whale, and smelly parts were spread a great distance.