Lord Hill Regional Park — Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014

Puget Sound and Islands > Seattle-Tacoma Area

Having enjoyed the Great horned owl family from a distance last weekend at Nisqually, I was startled to find myself face-to-face with this one. Perhaps it's a geo cache, as I seem to have a knack for stumbling upon those, but I don't know, as I left it undisturbed. Mud, mud, everywhere mud, but I still usually find some kind of treasure here. I startled a bald eagle from its perch at the viewpoint, watched Hooded mergansers and a kingfisher working over Temple Pond 1, found owl pellets, the remains of a large bird, a horse-trodden NW salamander, and the first butterfly of the season.