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Thanks to Tacoma Metro Parks for their continued support of the event. This paddle race is a family friendly event with heats for all ages and abilities. The event's near 7-mile course is open to all paddlers, such as but not limited to standup paddlers, kayakers, and prone paddlers. There will also be a kids' heat that is a shortened half-mile distance.

They really come out once the hot summer comes on us, then they die off after Labor Day. Green Heads will bite hard AND DRAW BLOOD!

I think the approach to law and its enforcement in Florida makes more sense.....If the marine police board your boat, they test the waste system with die markers and determine if your waste system is in position to pump overboard. If so, you get a noticeable fine. There is no mechanical disassembly of the waste system required !

I think the approach to law and its enforcement in Florida makes more sense.....If the marine police board your boat, they test the waste system with die markers and determine if your waste system is in position to pump overboard. If so, you get a noticeable fine. There is no mechanical disassembly of the waste system required !

Once on shore it may take a day or two for them to die. In autumn, after a big storm, the nesting bar at Milford Pt. is littered with them. They are a popular food. I have seen shorebirds (Dunlin, Sanderling, and Ruddy Turnstone most frequently) as well as gulls feed on them. I have even seen Boat-tailed Grackles feed on them.

I was hoping they didn't all die of > white-nose disease. I had some fresh guano on last year's pile today, and > I > heard squeaking from the box above. I'm SO happy!

Thousands of crabs die annually just from getting stranded.

. - hopefully it will not die from Botulism as a result. There are still new birds dying daily and the carcasses are not being collected so scavengers and predators remain at risk. There was one Great Egret feeding off the natural beach.

-- I counted over 30 from the viewing platform, and another 20 from the north platform--- pyramidal muskrat push-ups are being revealed as the cattails die down. As I said, come see them, AND offer an opinion as to what they bode for the wetlands. I did NOT see or hear Crossbills this AM.