I've been curious about this birding trail for a while, and a birthday was the perfect excuse for stepping away from a super-busy spring and finally explore it.
A Mediterranean-style spring day was the icing on the cake: forecast was adamant it'd be mid-60s in Skagit Valley today and we believed it, but it was actually mid-70s by the time we got there in mid-afternoon. The still purely snow-white Mt. Baker was the main reminder that it's not July yet.
Panoramic views all around as far as the top of Mt. Rainier in the distance, and the trail almost deserted. We took the "spur" trail, that's the best one. A lovely East Indian couple taught us the names of some birds, and alerted us that the huge raptor nest under which we walked towards the end of the trail is in fact occupied, and later we even got to see the nesting parent's signature white head up close (see video).
Afterwards we took a "tourist" tour round the valley, coffee in La Conner and then a sneak peak at some flower fields in the golden light with most of the day's crowds gone.
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