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HABITAT:	USFS old-growth forest, glacier-carved lake.
BIRDING:	Birds of ancient forest stay year-round: Chestnut-backed Chickadees, Winter Wrens, Varied Thrushes, Dark-eyed Juncos. Watch spring shoreline for Black-capped Chickadees, Hutton’s and Warbling Vireos, Gray and Steller’s Jays, Western Tanagers, Black-headed Grosbeaks, and warblers – Wilson’s, Orange-crowned, Black-throated Gray. Summer brings Ospreys, Common Loons, Common and Hooded Mergansers, occasional Marbled Murrelets. In winter, see Bald Eagles along shores, Trumpeter Swans at lake’s east end.
VIEWING:	Take 0.5-mile Quinault Rain Forest Nature Trail (#855) for American Dippers. Bonus: Quinault tribal art, legends along Lakeshore Trail (#854).
ACCESS:	From Hwy 101 at milepost 125.5, turn east onto South Shore Rd. Drive 1.3 miles. Turn right (south) into nature trail parking lot. Drive 0.6 miles further to Lake Quinault Lodge for Lakeshore Trail to campground.

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