Made a second stop a couple miles west. Here, we walked down to the marshland to the waterfront, and climbed up a tiny island. You need waterproof boots here, better calf-high rubber boots, which some people were on. We had to pick our way around, but still got quite muddy. I scrambled up the island from the north, requiring some bushwacking. The southern side is grassy, muddier, but easy to get up. View is excellent. Occasional sunbreaks.
Had lunch here. Saw quite a few more bald eagles, and some falcon-like big birds. Many ducks and gulls too. Mt. Baker is non visible under thick clouds today. I picked up some trash from the marsh on the way out. When we arrived at the road (no parking lot, just park along the road), saw a big bird fly by. Someone said it's a short-ear owl. I didn't get a good look at it. A pair of old ladies were giving out parking tickets.
Our 3rd stop is short: a small secion of dike with public access sandwiched between private land with fence and warning signs.
Between the 1st and 2nd stop today, saw some people "planting" life-size white bird cardboards in the fields. Odd.
Got back in town by 3pm. A good day out, even though not much excercise.
