Mukilteo Beach

Debby decided we needed a beach picnic. She packed us a lunch, I grabbed the camera, and off we went to Mukilteo Beach.

Being a Saturday, there were a bunch of people and dogs, but we found an open table and chowed down and enjoyed the sun for awhile. Then it was picture time.

Here's Debby posing by a nice chunk of driftwood she found.

Here's the view to the west, looking over the southern end of Whidbey Island toward the Olympia Mountains. The foreground trees are about 4 miles away. The mountains are over 50 miles.

Here's the bird of the day. I saw a large black silhouette atop a 100 foot snag up on the hills behind the beach. I think it's an immature eagle. I don't know my juvey eagles well enough to know whether it's of the golden or bald persuasion. My first thought was golden, but based on coastal location, beak size, and random white blotches, it is way more likely to be an immature baldy.