Chaikins of Bellingham: Big Rock Garden

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Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Afternoon Walk to Big Rock Park

After the rain ended, Arvin and I took off for a short rock through Big Rock Park to Big Rock Garden and home again. We took the Silver Beach School trail on the way back because we had seen some Pileated Woodpeckers there the last time we walked that way. We were in luck. First we saw the male working on their future nest (or at least we hope so.) And then as we neared the school, both of them flew up out of the woods right by us and climbed up a tree right next to us on the trail. That was thrilling.

Monday, March 18, 2013

Walk to Big Rock Park

We took off down our alley. This is a photo of our house and our neighbor's house. You can see our "Power Past Coal" sign by the paper box.

Here is Arvin at Big Rock Park. Somebody has been building this rock sculpture and it changes every time we see it.

We heard the sound of two birds calling. At first I didn't know what they were and then I saw them, a male (red side of face) and a female Pileated Woodpecker. They were working together on a hole. Must return to find out if that turns out to be their nest. Maybe we'll see some babies this summer.