November 14, 2009


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Rainy November is upon us. This also means our lovely mountain roads are covered in snow so it's time for some lowland exploring. We took advantage of a non-wet Saturday to have a look at the Narbeck Wetland Sanctuary about 30 miles north of us. Tim spotted an article about it in this week's ( Seattle Times ).

'Narbeck' is actually a typo, as the original settler bore the name of 'Harbeck'.

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What's this strange structure looming at the beginning of the trail?

 
     
   
     
Why, it's an Interpretive Center, with lots of windows overlooking a large pond.
     
   
     
The trail was a combination of beautiful boardwalks like this one and well-maintained paths.
 

     
   
     
Here's Tim on one of the non-boardwalk sections, among the Larch leaves.


     
   
     
How pretty is this? The leaves positively glowed.


     
   
     
Ooooh, what's that I hear?
     
   
     
It's ducks and geese, lots of them, on a large pond.

 
 
     
   
     
A Hooded Merganser swims nonchalantly along beside a Canada Goose.
 
 
     
   
     
A little Ring Necked Duck swam back and forth by himself in the corner.
   
     
   
     
Several Mergansers cruised around, occasionally showing off with a huge splash of water..

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