A new spot to walk

Today we walked in a new spot - the trail isn't new, not sure why we haven't walk here before because it is just down the road and the area is still part of the IBA.  It is the Chehalis Fishing Trail.

Pretty dense forest and apart from hearing one Nuthatch....didn't see any birds except...

for a surprising number of Bald Eagles.....

the area is pretty unspoiled which maybe explains why they are hanging out...

a few more here....

and quite a few further down....unfortunately the weather was deteriorating while we were there so not ideal for taking pictures.

this is the Chehalis river with varied terrain along the shore so I imagine the potential is there for seeing various birds at different times of the year. 

we will have to add this trail to our walking routine.