Seen and heard

Cathlamet resident Genie Cary photographed this "big bird" as it recently flew over the Columbia.

Jared Vik last week began harvesting five acres of oats on the farm of Jerry and Peggy Pedersen on Puget Island. He also has three acres of barley on land belonging to his father.

An angler heads to port at the end of the day after fishing for salmon last week off Cathlamet.