Category: Birding
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Birding Camano Island – Port Susan Bay and Iverson Spit
We’ve had some lovely sunny, cold weather here lately, and we were happy to have time on Friday to enjoy it. I’m recovering from some chronic foot problems, and am only allowed short walks on level ground, so we needed something gentle. Birding sounded like a good activity for the day. The winter birds are…
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Finding Nature Around the Edges
We got back last week from spending two weeks with my parents. A large chunk of that time was spent driving down to California and back for my cousin’s wedding. Dad drove the truck and RV down, and we took my 94-year-old grandmother, so it was mostly a lot of driving on the freeway, staying…
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Othello Sandhill Crane Festival and Columbia NWR
The kids and I did our first big road trip adventure of the season on the last weekend in March. We heard about a bird festival over in Central Washington, we had some free time, and we decided to go. The kids had been requesting a trip to the desert, too, and no snowshoeing, please,…
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Cranberry Lake/Cama Beach State Park
Last Friday we were able to squeeze a quick trip in between morning and evening commitments. We’ve had many Fridays like this lately – seems we haven’t had the time we are used to having! We took a little drive up to Cama Beach State Park on Camano Island. I had never been there before,…
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Lewis Creek Park, Bellevue
We had the chance last Friday to check out a new park (for us) over in Bellevue. Lewis Creek Park has about 3 miles of trails on its 55 acres. It includes wetlands, meadows, and forests. Some of the trails are paved, and some are softer surfaces. The Visitor Center has some interesting activities and…
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Baby Owls at the Nisqually
The internet is full of videos and pictures of cute baby animals. We could spend our entire day on sites like Cute Overload, getting our fill of adorableness. Or, we could take advantage of special places and times in nature, and see some cute baby animals in real time. And among the cutest of animals,…
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Exploring Close to Home
We’ve hit a lull in our adventuring. It seems The Holidays and the tasks we’ve had for school have taken most of our energies, and we want to sit at home and veg. But we’ve made it out to two local parks recently, and I wanted to share our experiences. Lord Hill Regional Park is…
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Skagit Eagle Excursion – 1/3/14
Our first trip of the New Year found us driving up the Skagit with friends to see the eagles. Every winter, bald eagles flock down from The North, following the abundant salmon runs. Local communities celebrate the return of the eagles and the salmon, and bird watchers venture down to the winding roads to see…
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Narbeck Wetland Sanctuary Fall Nature Walk – 10/25/13
We’ve been stuck home with colds this week. We are getting better, and needed some fresh air and exercise without getting too exhausted. I thought it was time to visit a local park again, and picked Narbeck Wetland Sanctuary in Everett. We drive by there every week to take Annika to gymnastics, so it’s been…
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Night Adventures
Last weekend I had the chance to go to an Owl Prowl at Seward park down in Seattle. The class started off with owl pellet dissection – usually I have the kids with me at events like this, but this time I was by myself and was able to do the dissection myself. I had…