April 15, 2008: Happy new season! Put in at Coxsacki and went north between the islands and the western shore. Someone has opened a passage through the breakwater at the top of Rattlesnake Island so I was able to go through even though the tide was almost all the way out. Here's a pic of the breakwater at low tide a couple of years ago. And here it is now, also at low tide. I didn't see any eagles today but since the trees haven't leafed out yet, you could spot the nests easily. There's a big nest on the east side of each island -- I've marked them on the map. Eagle's nest on the east side of Rattlesnake Island. It will be pretty well hidden when the trees get their leaves. Back to Rowing    Ed's Homepage