Quote Originally Posted by Regina View Post
A hazelnut orchard???? Wow. I've never even thought about where hazelnuts come from (you mean, they don't just magically appear in my yellow bottle of coffee creamer??). How cool is that?!
Great pictures. Aren't osprey so neat? I love them.
Yup...I think Newberg is the hazelnut capital or something. The ground underneath the trees is kept very clear, so when the nuts ripen and fall off, they come and scoop them off the ground with a special tractor thing.

The osprey are my favorite thing to look for on my ride. I'm surprised I got both the male and female in the picture. Usually the male makes it known that he doesn't like us that close by flying over us and screeching.