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Shakespeare and Eagles at Seward Park
Bard & Green Stage present:
King John * Saturday, July 11th at 7pm at the Seward Park Amphitheater
Comedy of Errors * Sunday, July 12 at 7pm at the Seward Park Amphitheater
The Audubon Eagle Fest will be held on June 20th from 10am until 3pm.
Train your “eagle eye” on the skies at Seward Park and learn all about our magnificent nesting bald eagles. During eagle fest you can enjoy live musical performances, make fun eagle arts & crafts, measure your wingspan, vote for your favorite eagle poster made by local school children and much much more.
Trails Grant Received by Friends of Seward Park
Friends of Seward Park have been awarded a $15,000 planning award from the Department of Neighborhoods to create a master plan for the trails in Seward Park. The project includes creating an up-to-date trail map for the park, identifying trail work priorities, and making recommendations for new or improved trails. Issues of trail maintenance, trail aesthetics, accessibility, signage, and protection of habitat have been addressed in the planning process.
The Friends of Seward Park want this plan to guide trail work in a manner that promotes community usage of the trails while balancing different community needs of accessibility, safety, educational and aesthetic values. The Plan is available. Click below for a printable summary map.
The Rock ‘n’ Roll Seattle Marathon comes to Seward Park!
The Rock ‘n’ Roll Seattle Marathon and ½ Marathon taking place on Saturday, June 27th. The organizers are contacting all businesses and community groups in the impacted areas so that everyone is aware of how they will be affected by the race. This event will bring 25,000 runners to town and will affect closures of some streets.
Race organizers will be in town on April 8th to discuss the event, road closures, alternate access routes, and opportunities to get involved with this event.
If you need more information please don’t hesitate to contact Danielle Mendoza Elite Racing, Inc./ Competitor Group, Inc. at 1-800-311-1255 (toll free) or dmendoza@competitorgroup.com. Or you can also consult our website for more information: www.rnrseattle.com.
The Friends of Seward Park meet on the 4th Thursday of most months at 7:00-8:30 pm in the Seward Park Environmental and Audubon Center (SPEAC) near the park entrance.
The next Friends of Seward Park meeting will be June 25th.
Christmas Bird Count
It was another wonderful day of counting birds on December 29th! Among the highlights were the large flocks of Northern Pintails observed flying over Andrew’s Bay, several Pacific Loons and a Spotted Sandpiper. We had great looks of Hermit Thrushes, Fox Sparrows and a sunning Sharp-shinned Hawk. Click to see the bird count results.
Storm Damage
After the big storm last winter, there are a gazillion branches down everywhere in the park, along with several trees. In one place, trees lifted the sidewalk as they fell. Elsewhere, a Douglas-fir ripped up bedrock near the earthquake fault in the park. Other trees simply splintered.
At least two of the 85 trees identified as 'hazard trees' two years ago fell over, along with many trees not identified as hazards. A huge, beautiful old madrona went down across trail #7, along with my favorite Douglas-fir for pointing out fire scars from the fire 200 years ago. Although the forest looks very different with a carpet of branches, it is also clear that the damage could have been much, much worse. We'll look for these and other lessons from the storm.