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[camwyn]

I've been seeing eiders in the Snake Island waters the past few days, as well as some ducks that aren't normally there during summer months. Yesterday I started hearing what I'm almost positive were downy woodpeckers. And today, although I did not see the soundmaker, I heard the hat. hat. hat. sound of white-breasted nuthatches.

Day hours might still outweigh night hours but the world says autumn is beginning.

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[in_the_blue]

I read that at first as "elders" in the Snake Island waters and thought, hey, is that a cool place for senior citizens to be swimming?

Excellent bird sightings, though!

[camwyn]

The Snake Island here isn't particularly populated by actual snakes. At low tide the long thin rock formation that pokes out of the western side of the island emerges and looks not unlike a snake.

It's still not great waters for senior citizens to swim in, though. Once you're past the navigable channel it gets really shallow for a long stretch and there's irregular rocks all over the place; I'd imagine it's easy to hurt yourself swimming near the island if you're not careful. Also there's a lot of birds in that island's vicinity and several of the species involved are territorial.