Oct. 15, 2011
Samish Island Ivy Pulling (cont.)
Some of the ivy vines are HUGE!

Here shows what we do ....
There are several blown-down nests.  Some are very large.
These trees were worked on last year and the vines are all dead.
A find!!!!
Another find!!!!
What can it be?
Check back later ....
Good work everyone.  Hopefully we have helped to keep these grand old trees healthy and able to continue supporting their nesting herons!
According to the experts at the Padilla Bay Research and Interpretive Facility, it is the remains of a Pipefish, brought by an adult to feed the young.