<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">Sunday we returned from visiting our granddaughter in Portland, a trip that was delayed 25 months due to Covid. On the way home we went to Sauvie Island northwest of Portland to view the Sandhill Cranes. Since Sauvie Island is in Oregon we used the US & Canada version of Birder’s Dashboard<div><br></div><div><a href="https://birddash.net/us/">https://birddash.net/us/</a></div><div><br></div><div>instead of Washington Dashboard </div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://birddash.net/us/wa/">https://birddash.net/us/wa/</a></div><div><br></div><div>We chose Oregon for the region and then used “Look for a Species” to find checklists that included Sandhill Cranes. We then selected a checklist </div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://ebird.org/checklist/S106807723">https://ebird.org/checklist/S106807723</a> (example only)</div><div><br></div><div>to find the exact location by tapping on the little flag right of the location Sauvie Island etc. This entered the location into our phone’s map app and led us directly to the cranes. </div><div><br></div><div>Here is Randy Robinson’s more thorough description of how to use the Dashboards.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_SWJYdKzKk">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_SWJYdKzKk</a></div><div><br></div><div>We knew nothing about Sauvie Island, but went directly to the Sandhill Cranes thanks to eBird and Birder’s Dashboard.</div><div><br></div><div>Anyway, here is our photo album</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/albums/72177720298015932">https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljcouple/albums/72177720298015932</a></div><div><br></div><div>and eBird trip report</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://ebird.org/tripreport/47343">https://ebird.org/tripreport/47343</a></div><div><br></div><div>for our trip to visit family that also included some excellent incidental birding</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://ebird.org/tripreport/47343">https://ebird.org/tripreport/47343</a><br><div><br></div><div>Hank & Karen Heiberg<br>Issaquah, WA<br><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></blockquote></body></html>