Cats and Trails and Garden Tales
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Hood Canal, Dosewallips, and Eagles!
A few days away does wonders for the soul and so it was we found ourselves on Hood Canal last week.
We stopped at Dosewallips State Park in Brinnon, next door to where my mom lived for many years. Indeed, all of this scenery was in her own backyard.
We went for a walk along the Dosewallips River, and noticed the nest in the tree high above us.
And a female bald eagle perched in its branches.
We continued on the trail where the Dosewallips River flows into Hood Canal
and on our way back saw another eagle soaring high above, this one, a male.
When we returned, we saw he was now minding the nest.
Yes, it was a rather overcast day.
But this pair of bald eagles more than made up for it.
~ Susanne
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He looks so regal up there! ❤️🇺🇸
Yes, truly! 🙂 🙂
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Great photos Susanne. That’s a beautiful area and how nice of the eagles to build their nest in such a visible spot!
Thanks, Graham. It was wonderful to see both eagles with their nest.
Wonderful to see those eagles in any weather! Dosewallips is an unusual name – do you know the origin?
Dosewallips is one of many native place names in the area, from a Twanoh Indian legend. My mom used to call it ‘the dosie.’
I did think it might be native but wasn’t sure – thanks for explaining 🙂
Sure! My pleasure. ☺ This from wikipedia; “The name Dosewallips comes from a Twana Indian myth about a man named Dos-wail-opsh who was turned into a mountain at the river’s source. There are also several Klallam legends about the “Great Changer”, Doquebatl, who transformed a mythical Klallam chief into a mountain at the headwaters of the Dosewallips River. In another story Doquebatl changed a woman into Mount Rainier and her son into Little Tahoma.”
Great to see the Eagles. Dosewallips sound like a corruption of an original Native American name to me. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
Thanks, Pete. There are many interesting native place names in the area. Here’s what wikipedia says. “The name Dosewallips comes from a Twana Indian myth about a man named Dos-wail-opsh who was turned into a mountain at the river’s source. There are also several Klallam legends about the “Great Changer”, Doquebatl, who transformed a mythical Klallam chief into a mountain at the headwaters of the Dosewallips River. In another story Doquebatl changed a woman into Mount Rainier and her son into Little Tahoma.”
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Ah, so I was almost right. 🙂
Of course! The name did morph from the legends. 😊
You reminded me how many names in the Pacific Northwest are close to the original Native ones. It seemed normal when I lived there.
Yes, part of the landscape of the Northwest. Easy to pronounce when you’ve lived here your whole life. Transplants are easy to spot with their pronunciations!
For sure. Even saying or-e-GONE
😉 😉 🙂
So awesome! We saw an eagles nest once on Whidbey Island, it was huge!
Aren’t they wonderful? 😊
Wonderful. I ♥️ eagles.
Thank you! Me too! 😊😊
Oops, thought I read this post, Susanne! A beautiful area and awesome eagles!
Hi Terri, Thanks for stopping by! I really loved seeing eagles on our getaway, especially this pair with their nest!
What a treat to capture the eagles! Such majestic birds! 💕C
It really was a treat! I was fortunate enough to see several on our recent trip to the Olympic Peninsula, even closer-up in Pt. Townsend. That post out today! 🙂