Encouraged by the new Brotherhood Bridge Trail parking area, this seemed like a perfect place for a cache! In addition, this is a great area for birding because of the variety of habitats: dark spruce forrests, riparian areas, open grasslands and riverbanks. Here is a list of what can be seen along the trail and river throughout different seasons: Bald Eagle, Winter Wren, American Dipper, Sooty Grouse, Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Brown Creeper. Summer: Arctic Tern, Harlequin Duck, Swainson’s, Hermit, and Varied Thrushes, Warbling Vireo, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Townsend’s and Yellow Warblers, American Redstart (rare). Winter: Bohemian Waxwing, Black-billed Magpie, Red Crossbill, Common Redpoll, and White-tailed, Rock, and Willow Ptarmigan. Rarities: Lesser Black-backed Gull, Common Nighthawk, Red-eyed Vireo, Tennessee and MacGillivray’s Warblers, Gray-cheeked Thrush, Evening and Black-headed Grosbeaks, and White-throated Sparrow.
The area is dog friendly with more caches along the way. Hopefully this will be a great beginning to a fun outing!