July, 2022
This is now late afternoon on day one, just day one! I’d been out on two walks … one to see the juvenile eagle attempting to fly … and another walk around the top of that bluff with views of Hat Island and Whidbey Island and Baby Island, where I spied an adult eagle in a very tall tree … eagle #2.
After those adventures, I walked back to my campsite, had a bite of dinner, and then walked back up to the V-trunk to see if that juvenile was still there. She was!
Video below. This video is only eight seconds long. It’s short, very short! So stop it and enlarge it if you wish, right at the beginning. It simply shows that juvenile moving just a bit.
I walked around the area where that view was of the nest. Below are a few photos of the area. The RED ARROW in the first photo below points to that juvenile and the nest.
But then I just walked around in the woods and enjoyed the woods and the plants. It was so beautiful here.
Oregon Grape above … berberis aquifolium. The plant is native to the Pacific Northwest in Oregon and beyond, north and south along the coast. It is a staple, mainstay plant in among the evergreen trees here. The berries don’t taste good, they aren’t grapes, but the berries are edible and have been used by Native Americans for hundreds/thousands of years for medicinal purposes. And the plants are so rich and luscious looking. 🙂
And then I walked out into the open … and what did I hear? You guessed it, another eagle!
It took me awhile before I could locate it and see it. The RED ARROW below points to it.
After the initial call from it, I heard no further calls. Again, it was on the opposite side of the “bump” of land from where the juvenile was. And, as mentioned, there are a number of bald eagles here so only two of them were the parents of that juvenile, so probably this one was not a parent of that juvenile eagle. I wished for a more powerful zoom lens on my camera, but still I was happy!
On my walk back to my campsite, I passed two other campsites that could be favorites of mine in this campground. In both #9 and #10, my trailer would be backed in somewhat parallel to the road … and in either/both campsites, I would have a stunning uninterrupted view out over the bluff and out to the water.
Especially #9! But #10 would A-OK too.
Photo below is a little Casita travel trailer that arrived in this campground this evening, another molded fiberglass trailer that is very well built, just like Escape trailers are. Casita and Escape and Oliver and Boler and a number of other molded fiberglass trailers all seem to me like they are cousins to each other. I like that.
In the next blog post, I’ll be visiting the local Stillaguamish Valley Pioneer Museum, with old stuff to see, older than I am! 🙂
UPDATE: I knew I’d seen a photo of the view from campsites #9 or #10 somewhere. I found it. Here it is below. I could park here and just sit and watch that water, the sunset, the boats, listen to the birds, etc, forever.
