Mar

I'm positively impressed at how some of the storm water management areas get to be designed for multiple purposes, including water management, but also trails for waking and wildlife habitat.

This is Meadowbrook Pond, in Seattle. In a short time there we saw two types of ducks, a heron, Canadian geese (some fighting for territory), a kingfisher, a few crows and an eagle. A small oasis in the city.

#StormWater #pnw #Seattle

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Show thread🧦🍲 natalie 🌧️🌱Apr 7
@marsiposa wait, I didn't know there were kingfishers here!
Show threadMarApr 7
@paparatti I'm not completely sure since it flew by quite fast, but that's what I think it was! Blue and white, with the call being a fast rattle.
Show threadRegine HorteurApr 8
@marsiposa @paparatti Definitely kingfishers around Seattle area. Your description of the call is right on! They’re so fast and good at flying maneuvers.
Show threadbig ole spiderboxApr 7
@marsiposa just this morning I was appreciating how much effort must have gone into the holding ponds/micro wetland areas ws-dot has carved into the I-5 cloverleafs.
Show threadMarApr 7
@humulus every now and then I see ducks there..! It's going that extra mile to make the space functional for more than cars /people.
Show threadclewApr 7

And sometimes landscape art!

https://www.wta.org/go-hiking/hikes/mill-creek-canyon-earthworks-park

(Which I know about because the Seattle Times had a lovely article on it this Sunday.)

@marsiposa

Mill Creek Canyon Earthworks Park

A combination of design art and nature, this 104-acre park features a trail that winds through Mill Creek Canyon right in the city of Kent.

Washington Trails Association
Show threadMarApr 7

@clew oh neat! I didn't know about that park.

The mounds remind me of the ones at the Brightwater treatment plant.

Show threadclewApr 7

And Brightwater is a whole generation further into multi use planning!

@marsiposa