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The Creature Feature will help you learn more about estuary plants and animals. Please be patient, this is a large file and may take a long time to download.

Here's a link to our local North Cascades National Park where you can journey into the North Cascades Ecosystem. Through scientific exploration you will see how water and animals connect the watershed to Padilla Bay and the Salish Sea.

Try these great estuary songs recorded by Glen Alexander and Luke Hansen:

Three Little Salmon, adapted from the song by Saxie Dowell, Words and chords

Bivalve Bash, adapted from the traditional Barnyard Dance, Words and chords

Something I Don't Know, adapted from Eisler on the Go, lyrics by Woody Guthrie and music by Billy Bragg, Words and chords

Mud O-D Bay, adapted from Dock of the Bay by Otis Redding and Steve Cropper, Words and chords

Padilla Bay Food Chain Song, adapted from the traditional Green Grass Grows all Around, Words and chords

The Geoduck Song, written by Ron Konzak and Jerry and Judy Elfendahl, Words and chords

Tide Zone, adapted from All God's Critters Got a Place in the Choir by Bill Staines, Words and chords

Salish Sea, by Holly Arntzen, Words and chords

Treat Me Good, adapted from Steppin Razor by Peter Tosh, Words and chords

Octopus' Garden, by the Beattles, Words and chords

Has anybody seen my crab? adapted from Five Foot Two by Sam Lewis and Joe Young