Seattle's most-birded patch: a restored landfill on Lake Washington beside the UW campus with more than 260 species recorded. Ponds, marsh, and meadow packed into a flat, easy loop, and something is always happening — rails muttering in the cattails, eagles working the bay, a steady parade of local birders happy to share what's around.
Marsh fills with song; teal and swallows arrive.
Rails call from the cattails at dawn.
Mudflats emerge — the best shorebirding of the year.
Ponds crowd with wintering ducks and swans.
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