Tag: Renton
Posted on May 28, 2025
by Susanne Swanson
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It was a gorgeous summer-like day when I went for my walk yesterday at Coulon Park. All the usual birds, along with their young, were out and about, too. I walked the paved trail along the lake past the sailboats, and the turtles, and… Continue Reading “The Birds were out, and the Mountain was too, at Coulon Park”
Posted on May 18, 2025
by Susanne Swanson
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Last week I took a walk along the Cedar River and shared the trail with ducklings. The trail follows the river on one side, and the Boeing Plant on the other, (the plant to me, looking like the Twilight Zone.) They build airplanes there,… Continue Reading “Synchronized Flying on the Cedar River Trail”
Category: Birds, Renton, TravelTags: Birds, Boeing, Cedar River, Cedar River Trail, Flying, great blue heron, Lake Washington, Renton, Sunday Stills, Washington
Posted on March 30, 2025
by Susanne Swanson
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Did you know March 30th is #National Take a Walk in the Park Day? Well now you do! I myself only learned it today from #Sunday Stills which inspired me to create this post! Firstly, I pondered. Shall I pick a national park? We… Continue Reading “Take a Walk in the Park – at Gene Coulon Memorial Park”
Category: Birds, Parks, Renton, TrailsTags: #Sunday Stills, Birds, Gene Coulon Park, Lake Washington, Mt Rainier, National Take a Walk in the Park Day, nature photography, Renton, Sunday Stills, Washington State
Posted on March 17, 2025
by Susanne Swanson
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Unlike me, they are all dressed up with no place to go! Sharing with Sunday Stills. ~ Susanne
Posted on February 12, 2025
by Susanne Swanson
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We’re in a deep freeze here in the Northwest, but I bundled up anyway and went for a walk at Coulon, hoping to find some red for this week’s Sunday Stills challenge. I started near the hotel where there were lovely reflections in the… Continue Reading “A Red Faced Duck at Coulon Park”
Posted on February 8, 2025
by Susanne Swanson
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We’ve had snowy conditions for more than a week, and early on, I let Benji outside to check it out. He didn’t stay long, but long enough for me to get a picture of his tiny paw prints in the snow. As the weather… Continue Reading “Cat Prints in the Snow, Big and Small”
Category: Cats, NatureTags: Benji, Bobcat, Cat stories, Cats, Renton, Saturday Caturday, Seattle, Snow, tripawd, wildlife
Posted on February 4, 2025
by Susanne Swanson
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A bobcat came into our backyard yesterday in broad daylight and looked through the window at Tiger and Benji. I have never even seen one in the wild before, much less in a residential neighborhood. After this scary sighting, we will now officially have… Continue Reading “Bobcat Sighting and we now have Indoor Cats!”
Posted on December 19, 2024
by Susanne Swanson
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I needed the walk. I was feeling a bit under the weather, and perhaps the weather was feeling a bit under me. So I headed to Coulon Park to be revived; it was cold and cloudy but not raining and the air was fresh… Continue Reading “A Special Walk at Coulon Park with Bald Eagles”
Category: Birds, Parks, Renton, TrailsTags: bald eagle, Birds, Gene Coulon Park, Lake Washington, Nature, Renton, Seattle, Washington State
Posted on December 9, 2024
by Susanne Swanson
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Every year I look forward to the beautiful holiday lights at Coulon Park on Lake Washington, and we went down Saturday night to see them. The lights were gorgeous as always, but it was especially nice to have the clams running again! For many… Continue Reading “Clam Lights are Back!”
Posted on November 12, 2024
by Susanne Swanson
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On today’s walk at Coulon Park in Renton, Washington, I came across a group of snow geese, most likely from Wrangell Island, Russia. They were feeding peacefully among the Canada Geese, side by side. The one below is a mature adult, the smaller ones… Continue Reading “Birds without Borders – Arrival of the Snow Geese”