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Late Sunday afternoon (10-21-18) shots of the marsh at sunset as we enter mid autumn. The autumn colors have been very good this year as we have not had any rain or wind storms to knock the leaves off the trees.
Not quite a full moon was rising over Harbor Square.
The last day of autumn (12-20-18) at the marsh. The days will start getting longer, but not necessarily sunnier, from now through the summer solstice next June.
I drove down to the marsh Monday (2-4-19) afternoon for some snow shots.
It had snowed the night before and the temps stayed in the low 20's all day. The wind was really bad near the Sound, which made me think of the marsh scene from the movie Derzu Uzala.
Friday afternoon (2-15-2019) I was down at the marsh hoping to photograph birds. This month's combination of heavy snow, high winds, and rain has flattened the remains of last year's cattails and rushes. Many of our viewing and photo angles have been restored after being taken away by last year's explosive growth of the foliage in the marsh. It will be interesting to see what happens this spring and summer of 2019.
From the boardwalk. Compare these photos with ones I took last summer.
"The pond" is visible from the board walk once again.
The waterway closest to the #1 viewing platform, where we see snipes during lower water levels, is now visible as well.
The cattails off the #2 (main) viewing platforms have been smashed down. The swallow box is once again fully visible.
More shots, taken Sunday afternoon (3-10-19), of the foliage at the marsh that has been beaten down by this winter's snow, rain, and wind. It will be interesting to see if the foliage bounces back with super growth like it did last year.
The rushes were badly beaten down this past winter, which may have prevented new growth from poking through this spring and summer.
Last year's explosive growth of foliage blocked the small passage between the nearby waterway and the "pond." The "pond" is now separated from the waterway and does not drain when the water flows out of the marsh during low tide. Last year's foliage was so high and dense that it blocked views of the "pond" and nearby waterways from the boardwalk and viewing platforms #1 and #2.
Close ups from the boardwalk of the beaten down rushes.
The cattails have grown back, but not as high as last year.
Several Edmonds area photographers recently got more than our 15 minutes of fame (a reference probably not understood by anyone under 60) when our photos were used in a study of the Edmonds marsh by Windward Environmental LLC for the city of Edmonds.
In their study of the marsh for the city of Edmonds, Windward Environmental LLC discovered that the mechanism of the tidal gate broke during the summer of 2018, causing the tidal gate to remain shut for several weeks. This prevented salt water from Puget Sound from flowing into the marsh during high tide until the malfunction was found and repaired. After looking at my photos, Windward consultants believe this temporary lack of sea water to retard the growth of plants intolerant to salt may have been the cause of the explosive growth seen in 2018 but not seen in prior years or in 2019.
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