In the nearby municipality of Lynnwood, Washington, there is a unique park that includes a small lake and associated pond. The area is a peat bog and pH varies, according to the Scriber Lake Study, from 6.55 to 8.06. The lake is regularly stocked with various sport species and fishing from the floating boardwalk is allowed with the usual licence. Sometimes the lake seems to be totally barren, but I have seen a number of bird species at the lake, as well as dragonflies (I have published on these.) See: www.dailykos.com/... and a lot of plant species.
Here is a sampling of the fauna and flora, starting with the birds.
While not as many species have been documented at the Park as at the Marsh, some are pretty interesting. It is the only place so far that I have documented the Black-headed Grosbeak and the Green Heron, for example.
The Dragon and Damselfly fauna is quite varied, as I noted in a diary I did a while back. See: www.dailykos.com/...
Butterflies are feww and far between,but I have photographed a few species.
Vascular plants are quite varied, but these are among the most interesting.
Somebody showed me a photo of a strange spider that they had found on the path. It was the primitive folding door tarantula Antrodiaetus, probably pacificus. Unfortunately I have not found this spider, although I have kept an eye out for the traveling male (as the photograph was). Both males have plates on the abdomen, a remnent from when spiders had segmented abdomens.
As is usual all photos are mine.