Monthly Archives: October 2011
Is this what you want Puget Sound to look like?
Updated 10/27/11. Puget Sound is a cesspool. Or, at least it is this week, in the marina where I live. I am used to seeing human waste swirling around the hulls of boats and the sight and smell of rainbow … Continue reading
Quick response stops BNSF Railroad Bridge discharge into Puget Sound
The sound of splashing water and the plop of falling debris caught my attention as I walked past the BNSF Railroad Bridge on Thursday, October 13, 2011. I was walking to my favorite coffee shop near the Hiram M. Chittenden … Continue reading
Orange invaders from the outer coast!
Hundreds of orange jellyfish, with maroon tentacles, drift along the rocky riprap shore of downtown Port Angeles late Sunday afternoon. In 25 years of living on and by the Salish Sea, I have never seen these jellyfish. According to jellyfish … Continue reading
Occupied in Seattle
“Save the boobies,” she shouts, to a group of young men. “Don’t you like boobies?” she asks, as they start to walk past her table in front of PCC, the local food co-op. She is raising money for breast cancer … Continue reading
Osprey: not the only homeless in my neighborhood
A cascade of heavy, bright orange welding sparks falls from the tower of the BNSF railroad bridge into Puget Sound. Not only is the osprey nest gone, the old telegraph/signal tower is being dismantled from the top down. I’m riding … Continue reading
State issues permit for osprey nest removal
The Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) approved Burlington Northern Santa Fe’s (BNSF) request to remove the osprey nest from the tower of the railroad bridge in Ballard on September 7th, 2011. According to the permit the tower … Continue reading
Osprey nest destroyed again!
The osprey nest on the BNSF railroad bridge in Ballard was removed today. I was riding my bike back from a coffee break less than an hour ago when I noticed the giant crane and yellow cab hanging by the … Continue reading
