This is an update regarding the Critical Areas between East Laurel Street and Wharf Street some of which is under the jurisdiction of the BNSF Railway (see BNSF) and some under the City of Bellingham.
A Google album contains the above photo re eagles and three other photos of the wetland showing that debris from vagrants still remains. (There is orange construction fencing along the buffer since December 2020 in connection with the City's ongoing Trestle Repair Project): https://photos.app.goo.gl/reJLxZgut3UzGLJm9
January 9, 2020 post:
A cleanup of trash in this area was begun yesterday. Part of the property is City-owned (South Bay Trail) and the wetland buffer is property of the international Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Company (BNSF). Cleanup will improve conditions for plants and animals in the drainage which is essentially just yards/meters away from Bellingham Bay on the Washington coast. Cleanup should ameliorate air, land and water pollution.
January 8, 2020 1-1/2 minute view:
https://youtu.be/S5KQ3yDEiGc
Compared to 2017:
From April 2017, 40-second clip of BNSF wetland:
https://youtu.be/C4blQmqnsXQ
From April 2017, 3-minute view of a particular deer in sunshine:
https://youtu.be/iVIuaMxjIek