A red-winged blackbird flies through the Edmonds Marsh on Wednesday, April 26. The 23-acre saltwater estuary is home to over 200 species of birds. (Ian Terry / The Herald)

Snohomish County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue chief pilot Bill Quistorf sits in the stripped-out body of Kiowa helicopter on Wednesday, April 19, in Snohomish. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Snohomish’s Ame Bridgeman hits a RBI double as Snohomish beat Meadowdale 16-1 in five innings of fastpitch on Tuesday, April 25, in Snohomish. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Tyson Webster, 9, of Shoreline, pins a badge on Lynnwood’s new Chief of Police Tom Davis on Tuesday, April 25, at the Lynnwood Convention Center. (Dan Bates / The Herald)

Jacob Peterson is seen after his graduation ceremony at Seattle University in June. Peterson, who grew up in Marysville, was 6 when he underwent a heart transplant in 2000. He died April 10 at age 22. (Peterson family photo)

Snohomish’s Rylie Wales blasts a two-run homer as Snohomish beat Meadowvale 16-1 in five innings of fastpitch on Tuesday, April 25, in Snohomish. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Mara Vinson, as Giselle, and Le Yin, as Albrecht, perform in Olympic Ballet Theatre’s production of “Giselle.” (Ian Terry / The Herald)

Electric Mirror employee Thomas Kelly stacks a mirror frame Monday, April 24, in Everett. Kelly is one of 385 employees at the Everett plant. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Shorewood’s Skyler Manelski’s throw races Arlington’s Andrew Smith to first base on Friday, April 21, in Arlington. Arlington won 5-3. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Terra-cotta horses drawing a chariot are on display as part of the First Emperor exhibition at the Pacific Science Center in Seattle. The two-city USA tour features 10 full-size statues and more than 100 artifacts. (Kevin Clark / The Herald)

Charlie and Grace Swaney check out the the Fairhaven-Whatcom boundary marker along the South Bay Trail. (Aaron Swaney / The Herald)