Chuckanut Bay Paddle

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Four NSSKA Paddlers paddled from Wildcat Cove to the north end of Chuckanut Bay and back. We saw Harbor Seals, Buffleheads, Cormorants, Dungeness Crabs, Starfish, Leather Stars, Sun Stars, Bald Eagles, Great Blue Heron, Kingfishers, and various ducks and seagulls. It was a foggy, but beautiful, day.


Pictures by Bill Brackin

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