Hi Bryan,

You should defintely get up there on the next relatively non-rainy
day. I was up there on Wednesday and there were plenty of Snowies --
at least 15 of them close enough to the dike trail that no binoculars
were needed. I had endless opportunities to get great photos from the
trail. Also got my best views ever of Short-eared Owls perching and
flying very close to the trail.

You are also likely see a LOT of photographers trepsing hundreds of
yards off trail, ignoring the very clear signage asking people not to
do that. Had any of the 8 or so returned to the dike while I was
there, I planned to do some video interviews asking them how one
cultivates such arrogance. But they all stayed out there past the
time I left, and spared me the confrontation :)

Marc Hoffman
Kirkland, WA
http://www.SongbirdPhoto.com
tweeters "at" dartfrogmedia "dot" com



At 12:50 PM 2/16/2012, Bryan M wrote:

>Hello- I can't take it anymore, I've got to make the drive up their
>to see some Snowies tomorrow. Are they still up there in good
>numbers? Thanks! Bryan M., Orting, bioluminescentbryan at comcast.net