The Chicago, Milwaukee, and St Paul Railway, later called the Milwaukee Road, built the Dungeness River Bridge (now just called Railroad Bridge) over 3-4 weeks in the summer of 1915. The last train crossed the bridge in March, 1985. Of course, the bridge is only part of the 53-acre Railroad Bridge Park, which is privately owned by the Jamestown S’Kallam Tribe.
Some days, it just pays off to remember to grab the camera as you walk out the door to run errands. This was one of those days. I managed to snap photos of 3 new birds to add to the bird gallery.
The American Coot (above and below) is one of the strangest birds I've run across. Giant feet, stubby wings, reddish eyes, walks like a chicken, and dives likes a duck.
A mostly-sunny, but chilly day is perfect for the 2022 Great Backyard Bird Count. 30 minutes, 12 species, 45 individual birds. Nothing exotic or out-of-the-ordinary, but fun nonetheless.
While seven and half inches of snow overnight kept me from my intended plan of photographing the holiday lights, there was plenty of action in my backyard.
A conversation with my mother set me out to prove that a late November gray day can be beautiful too.
Anderson Lake State Park is a 496-acre day-use park surrounding a 70 acre lake. There are 8 miles of hiking trails, 7 miles of bike trails and 5 miles of equestrian trails.
Known as Cha-cha-ne-cuk or Cha-cha-nu-cah by the S'Kallam tribe, named Isla de Carrasco by Spanish in 1790, and finally Protection Island by George Vancouver in 1792, this 380-acre island in the Strait of Juan de Fuca is home to breeding, nesting, and migrating marine birds.
You might think that during the short and often damp, foggy days of the winter months here in the Sequim-Dungeness Valley there isn't all that much to see. Or that while the Dungeness Spit and its National Wildlife Refuge offer terrific birdwatching, there's not much bird activity in the farms and wetlands a bit inland. Maybe I can interest you in a burgeoning population of trumpeter swans?
Located on Sequim Bay, about .3 miles from the John Wayne Marina, the easily accessible 4.2 acre Pitship Pocket Estuary is a wonderful place to look for birds.