| Ocean Shores North Jetty | |||
HABITAT: |
Pacific Ocean, municipal sand beach, 0.5-mile rock jetty. | ||
| BIRDING: | See Caspian and Common Terns spring-summer, Heermann’s Gulls and Brown Pelicans late summer-fall. Black-legged Kittiwakes, Common Murres, Red-throated Loons, Western and Clark’s Grebes come fall-winter. Find Wandering Tattlers mid-April-May and again late July-mid-October; Black Turnstones and Surfbirds July-April; Rock Sandpipers fall-spring. | ||
VIEWING: |
Walk short path to beach. Shorebirds frequent jetty while pelagic species favor surrounding seas. Caution: Jetty rocks can be dangerous. | ||
ACCESS: |
From Hwy 109 at milepost 16, turn south onto Hwy 115. Drive 2.3 miles, turn left (south) into gates of Ocean Shores on Point Brown Ave NW. Drive 0.6 miles. Turn right (west) onto W Chance A La Mer NW. Drive 0.1 mile, turn left (south) onto Ocean Shores Blvd NW. Drive 5.6 miles. Park. | ||
MORE BIRDING : |
From jetty, drive north on Ocean Shores Blvd NW 1.2 miles. Turn left (west) onto Driftwood Ave. Park at road end, walk path through dunes. See Merlins, Peregrine Falcons, plus Glaucous-winged, Bonaparte’s, Ring-billed, Western Gulls spring-summer; and Sanderlings, Dunlins fall-spring. | ||