A couple of people have asked me where Big Ditch is, so there are probably a
few more of you out there in Tweeterland quietly wondering.

Big Ditch is an access to the Skagit Wildlife Area, about 2 miles north of
Stanwood. The access road goes straight west off 102nd Ave NW, right where
102nd joins Hwy 530. In the DeLorme Atlas, it's on page 95.

There's a little bit of a map at http://www.wa.gov/wdfw/lands/r4skagit.htm.
The Big Ditch access is the place marked with a star in the middle of Skagit
Bay's east end.

_Birder's Guide to Washington_ by Diann MacRae describes this and several
other interesting birding spots in this area.

Dave Brodeur