Mt Baker was especially beautiful today.

What's that just barely visible above the snow geese? It's a 12s flag! #GoHawks

Monday was the 315th anniversary of the last really big earthquake off the Washington coast (estimated to have been 9.0+). 

How's your earthquake preparedness plan?

www.opb.org/news/series/unprepared/jan-26-1700-how-scientists-know-when-the-last-big-earthquake-happened-here/

Stargazing is a favorite pastime at Camano Island SP and Cama Beach SP. Here is the list of best binoculars for astronomy as compiled by "Space.com".

Be sure to check out the $30 Celestron Cometron!!

Wowie Zowie Batman, it was really windy at Cama early Sunday morning. The Cama weather station recorded 60 MPH gusts at 1:00 AM and 1:05 AM.

The super-duper fragrant Sarcococca plant is blooming so Spring must be just around the corner ...

Port Susan Snow Goose & Birding Festival
February 28 & March 1, 2015
ww.snowgoosefest.org

Note: all events, dates and times provided are tentative until Online Registration is available (first week of February 2015)

Speakers & Seminars

• Shore Bird ID Class & Field Trip, Sat Feb 28 at 9 am
  
• Swans of Winter, Sat Feb 28 at 10 am
  
• From Russia to the Stilly, Sat Feb 28 at 1 pm
  
• Sarvey Wildlife Center’s Kestrel “Skyhawk”, Sat Feb 28 at 2:30 pm
  
• The Art of Photographing Birds Class & Field Trip Sun Mar 1 at 10:30
  
• Fascinating World of Bird Nests Sun Mar 1 at 1 pm
  

Guided Tours

• Nature Conservancy Port Susan Preserve (4 tours planned)
  
• Shorebird Tour (2 tours planned)
  
• Snow Geese and Trumpeter Swans (5 tours planned)
  

Self Guided Tours

• Iverson Spit, Camano Island
  
• English Boom, Camano Island
  
• The Big Ditch, Stanwood
  

Each year Washington State Parks have several "free days" when a Discover Pass is not required to visit a state park. The next "free days" will be Jan 18 & 19 in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

But why not purchase an Annual Discover Pass (just $30 plus fees) so you can visit your favorite state park any time you wish! http://wdfw.wa.gov/licensing/discoverpass/

2015 Free Days
Jan 18-19: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Mar 19: State Parks' 102nd birthday
Apr 4: Saturday Spring Day
Apr 22: Earth Day
May 10: Sunday Spring Day
Jun 6: National Trails Day
Jun 13: National Get Outdoors Day
Aug 25: National Park Service Birthday
Sept 26: National Public Lands Day
Nov 11: Veterans Day

Please note, free days apply only to day use (not overnight stays or rented facilities). A Discover Pass is still required to access lands managed by the Washington State Departments of Natural Resources and Fish & Wildlife on these days. Sno-Park permits are still required on free days at designated Sno-Parks during the winter season.

Return of the River
Thur, Jan 8, 7:30 pm
The Lincoln Theatre | 712 South First St | Mt Vernon 

Admission Prices:
General: $10.00
Seniors, Students and Active Military: $9.00
Members: $8.00
Children 12 and under: $7.00
www.lincolntheatre.org/node/992

There is a LOT of water going over Snoqualmie Falls tonight. It looks as if the river has just about peaked for this storm - but sometimes the predictions are off...

To see real-time flood info for the Snoq River: http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=sew&gage=squw1.

Closer to Cama, the storm seems to have missed some of the Stillaqumish River: http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/index.php?wfo=sew