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I was thrilled this morning to find our first macro moth of the season at our porch light. I don’t know what kind it was, but it was beautiful, with many shades of brown swirling together along the wings.
Later we took a walk through the Pritchard Beach wetlands and heard a woodpecker drumming, but we didn’t stop long to look at anything else because the mosquitoes were overly abundant and hungry. Instead we walked to Beer Sheva Park and looked at the Mapes Creek area which was day-lighted in the latter part of 2014. It’s growing wonderfully and the creek looks like it’s in great shape. There were a number of crows bathing in the water, taking advantage of the protected stream.
I’m really glad for this growing trend of returning creeks to the surface in Seattle. They’re working on doing the same thing at Washington Park Arboretum as well and I’m looking forward to that new part of the park.
