A black oystercatcher explores the rocky shoreline during low tide March 15 at Boulevard Park. (Hailey Hoffman/Cascadia Daily News)
Antonio Gallegos is all smiles as he shows off his almost-finished crane during an origami lesson at the Ferndale Japanese Cherry Blossom Festival in the Pioneer Pavilion Community Center on March 18 in Ferndale. His son Aron, left, looks on as Cheryl Seminara instructs others how to make the cranes. (Andy Bronson/Cascadia Daily News)
A layer of algae blooms color the waters of Lake Padden March 12. Whatcom County officials reported March 7 that no toxins were detected in recent water samples. (Andy Bronson/Cascadia Daily News)
Two American Coots paddle through the Padden Creek lagoon March 7. (Hailey Hoffman/Cascadia Daily News)
Water flows under the Depression-era stone bridge Feb. 20 in Whatcom Falls Park. (Trenton Almgren-Davis/Cascadia Daily News)
Mount Baker looms behind Edison Lutheran Church Feb. 8. (Hailey Hoffman/Cascadia Daily News)
Jen Andrews screams while swimming in the chilly waters of Lake Padden Feb. 3. (Trenton Almgren-Davis/Cascadia Daily News)
Octavious Bass flies a kite Feb. 3 at Zuanich Point Park. Winds gusted as high as 56 mph in Whatcom County, according to the National Weather Service. (Hailey Hoffman/Cascadia Daily News)
Pedestrians walk the boardwalk Jan. 20 as the sun sets at Boulevard Park. (Trenton Almgren-Davis/Cascadia Daily News)
Simon Brownlie, 61, carries his surf ski kayak into the water from the shore near Bloedel Donovan Park Jan. 11 for his weekly recreational paddle around Lake Whatcom. Brownlie, a Bellingham-based attorney, learned to paddle at 6 years old in his home country of South Africa. (Trenton Almgren-Davis/Cascadia Daily News)
Yancey Kangas plays fetch with his year-old female chocolate Lab, Olive, along the shore of Lake Whatcom near Bloedel Donovan Park Jan. 11. (Trenton Almgren-Davis/Cascadia Daily News)
Monica Zaborac waits to photograph an eagle snatching a salmon out of the water along the Nooksack River on Jan. 10. Zaborac makes the trek from Seattle to Deming once a year to photograph the eagles. (Trenton Almgren-Davis/Cascadia Daily News)
Julie Trimingham, left, from the Sacred Lands Conservancy, takes a pipe from David Pilz during a prayer ceremony at Cherry Point on Jan. 3. Members of the Lummi Nation and supporters gathered to pray for the journey home of the killer whale Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut — also known as Tokitae — who is currently held at the Miami Seaquarium. (Hailey Hoffman/Cascadia Daily News)
Photos of the week from January, February and March 2023, as seen in the glimpse section of the print edition.
