November 27, 2022
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1:00 pm
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11:59 pm
https://scgive.org/2022_soundwater
At shoreline events , Sound Water Stewards will create learning opportunities to connect people with local marine life — and share sustainability actions to preserve the marine environment !
Here is a list of Local Places and what YOU can see there (depending on the season and tides ):
Leque Island
Heron rookery
marine birds
salmon habitat restoration
Iverson Spit Preserve
varnish clams, Eastern soft-shell clams
ghost shrimp (sand shrimp), sculpins
driftwood
freshwater pond, former beaver dam
seasonal marine birds: herons, hooded mergansers, eagles, green-winged teals, mallards, buffleheads, seagulls
Barnum Point
bluff erosion
holes in bluff that various birds use for nests
freshwater pond, ducks
native and invasive plants
whale bites: in season, on minus tides
marine birds: goldeneyes, herons, mergansers, eagles, cormorants, grebes, surf scoters, buffleheads , hawks, and seagulls
Camano Island State Park
bluff erosion
native trees and plants: Pacific Madrone, Douglas Fir, Western Red Cedar, Big-Leaf Maple, mosses, ferns, Salal, snowberry, kinnickinnick
plankton
snail eggs on rocks
eelgrass beds with brownish diatoms
Bald eagles
Cama Beach State Park
minus-tide species (tides below 0.0 feet) in the eelgrass and under rocks
Cranberry Lake wetlands with water plants and water birds
bluff erosion
Bald eagles
native trees and plants: Pacific Madrone, Douglas Fir, Western Red Cedar, Big-Leaf Maple, mosses, ferns, Salal, snowberry, kinnickinnick
sand dollars
Maple Grove Boat Launch AND Utsalady Boat Launch
forage fish – at high tide
barnacle eating nudibranch – at minus tide
Camano View Road
The more funds we raise, the more learning events we will be able to present.
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