A working estuary in the Snohomish delta: dikes, sloughs, and a lot of sky. Raptor density in winter is the best in the county — harriers low over the grass, eagles by the dozen, and a decent chance at a shrike.
Bitterns boom from the sloughs; teal pair off.
Rails and wrens everywhere in the tidal marsh.
Snipe and yellowlegs work the drawdown.
Raptor density peaks — harriers, rough-legs, shrikes.
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