Dungeness Railroad Bridge Park

I decided to take a walk. The Dungeness River is about 1/4 mile from us and about 1 1/2 miles up the river is a park called the Dungeness Railroad Bridge Park. Its a beautiful walking area, but today I was curious to see how the river was doing with all the rain and snow melt from the mountains. The reports east of here are tragic - homes are lost, landslides, avalanches, and many of the passes over the mountains are closed.
Well, as you can see, the river is swollen...lots of water in places it isn't usually. The roaring sound was so powerful - I felt very small.
This is the bridge built from railroad ties. There are a few organizations that oversee this park and a few that use it. I discovered today that Sequim has a group of Birders that will be meeting here every Thursday for the next month!

This is an artistic shot? lol! I intentionally shot the sun -

I know, duh! My little camera probably shreeked in pain!

Anyway, I only saw a couple of Chestnut backed Chickadees the whole time - which is a delight to me because they are my favorite! Even tho' the sun was glorious, the wind was blowing fiercely - so I think most little birds were in the brush, where pedestrians are forbidden. What was neat, was that I was able to hear their song very clearly, since there were no other birds to confuse me ;) They flew around and around - I tried to get photos, but they are VERY blurry - oh well, there's always next time!

ps. When you come to visit, I will happily take you to the Dungeness Railroad Bridge Park - maybe we'll see more birds and you'll get better photos than I.