Author: Seattle Park Lover
Great Blue Heron
Great blue herons are a relatively common bird in Washington, yet I am still just as excited to see one today as the first time my mom pointed one out to me when I was a little kid. A lot of the excitement comes from how incredibly large they are. When you’re accustomed to seeing crows and robins on a typical day, a heron by contrast seems like a prehistoric goliath.
They are so exotic-looking that it seems like you should have to travel to another part of the country, or at least trek out into the wilds, in order to see one. Yet there they are, smack in the middle of the city and suburbia, wherever there is a wetland or body of water. Great blue herons are magnificent birds.
Photo taken in May 2015 at Echo Lake Park in Shoreline.
Shoreline: Echo Lake Park
Type
Local
Location
North Shoreline (Near Aurora Village)
Special Features
Lake
Birds
PlayGarden – A Place for Non-Robust Children
Seattle Children’s PlayGarden has opened in south Seattle. I didn’t read all the details, but it looks like it’s a joint project between a non-profit organization and the Seattle parks department. The play areas and gardens are designed to accommodate children of all abilities, with disabled children being the target population.
Since it’s pretty far from where I live and I don’t have kids, I won’t be doing a preview. But I figured some of my readers might be looking for something like this. The park is open to the public during daylight hours all year long, except when their summer daycamps are in session.
YouTube Video about PlayGarden
Park Preview 