A peninsula of genuine old growth inside city limits — big Douglas-firs, pileateds hammering somewhere above you, and eagles nesting where the trail meets the water. Do the forest first, then walk the shoreline for grebes.
Flycatchers and vireos fill the old growth.
Pileateds work the big snags; osprey overhead.
Thrushes and kinglets drop into the understory.
Owls call before dawn; grebes offshore.
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