Hi Doug: I've hiked Stimpson several times, but all I've ever seen in terms of wildlife are some black-tails.
You hit the jackpot on your hike. I've spent lots of time by those ponds looking for beaver and have never spotted one. Now I know they're there.

Hi Ed * Yes, I've hiked Stimpson dozens of times and this is the first time I've seen beaver. I have heard them before, but this time I saw them on three different occasions. It was very quiet, no other humans. I hunkered down in the bushes near the shore and just waited. That is a wonderful trail.

South Bellingham Heron Rookery * 6-29-10

Located in the Fairhaven district, this is beside a short trail that is an off-leash dog park and then goes to Post Point. Near the shore of Bellingham Bay and Marine Park, it is a hillside of large trees that the herons have claimed. This rookery is fenced and closed to the public, but the Herons are easily viewed from outside the fence.

South Bellingham Heron Rookery * 6-29-10

Youngsters

South Bellingham Heron Rookery * 6-29-10


I had noticed this eagle high overhead. It went into a dive and I thought I might see something that I didn't want to see. The eagle did some fancy flying, including a corkscrew move, and then just landed in a perch with much vocalizing. It sounded like there was another eagle in the tree, but I couldn't see it.

South Bellingham Heron Rookery * 6-29-10

South Bellingham Heron Rookery * 6-29-10

South Bellingham Heron Rookery * 6-29-10

Another eagle arrives with much conversation.