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Where to See Spring Wildlife Migrations
(Extracted from Washington Wildlife Viewing Guide by Joe LaTourrette) |
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| Ch 7 |
Conboy Lake National Wildlife
Refuge |
Glenwood, White Salmon |
Canada geese, tundra swans, ducks |
| Ch 11 |
Willapa National Wildlife
Refuge |
Long Beach - Willapa Bay |
Black brant, western sandpipers,
Caspian terns, and other migratory birds (Apr-May) |
| Ch 12 |
Leadbetter Point |
Long Beach |
Black brant, other waterfowl
and shorebirds, including red knots and pectoral sandpipers (bay side) Migrating gray whales, brown pelicans (ocean side) |
| Ch 15 |
Grays Harbor National Wildlife
Refuge |
Hoquiam - Grays Harbor |
Sandpipers and other shorebirds
(late April) Merlins, peregrine falcons and other predators |
| Ch 22 |
Makah Bay and Cape Flattery |
Neah Bay |
California gray whales (Mar-May) Migratory waterfowl, including trumpeter swans *Raptors, sandhill cranes (April) - Sunny |
| Ch 33 |
Birch Bay State Park |
Blaine |
Black brant (April) |
| Ch 36 |
Padilla Bay |
Burlington |
Black brant (April) |
| Ch 77 |
Dry Falls - Sun Lakes State
Park |
Ephrata |
Waterfowl (April, May) Shorebirds, songbirds (May???) |
| Ch 35 |
Columbia National Wildlife
Refuge |
Othello |
Sandhill cranes (late March
- early April) Also in fall |
| Ch 90 |
Chief Joseph Wildlife Area |
Asotin |
Mountain and Western bluebirds
(spring) Golden eagles, prairie falcons (spring, summer) Mule deer (best seen in spring) |
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| Ch 13 |
Westport |
Westport - Grays Harbor, Pacific
Ocean |
Gray whales (Mar-May), harbor
seals, California sea lions Caspian terns and other marine birds Brown pelicans (summer) |
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Olympic National Park: Ozette
- Cape Alava |
Sekiu |
Gray whales (Mar-May) Black-tailed and albino deer, harbor seals, California sea lions, sea otters Tufted puffins, black oystercatchers, bald eagles, osprey Tidepools |
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Makah Bay and Cape Flattery |
Neah Bay |
California gray whales (Mar-May) Migratory waterfowl, including trumpeter swans *Raptors, sandhill cranes (April) - Sunny |
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Kayak Point Regional Park |
Marysville |
Gray whales (April-June) Snow geese, black brant, ducks, loons, grebes, sea lions (all year??) |
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