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4th Beach
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HABITAT:
Pacific Ocean, Olympic National Park headland, beach.
BIRDING: Spring and fall bring suite of rock shorebirds: Black Turnstones, Black Oystercatchers, Rock Sandpipers, Surfbirds. April-August, scanning waters may yield Sooty Shearwaters, Rhinoceros Auklets, Tufted Puffins.
VIEWING:
Short ADA path leads to overlook, interpretive trail goes to beach.
ACCESS:
From Hwy 101 at milepost 160.4, turn west into 4th Beach parking.
MORE BIRDING: From Hwy 101 at milepost 164.6, turn west on Ruby Beach access road. Drive 0.1 mile to parking. Walk 0.1-mile path to beach. Scope offshore Abbey Island 0.5 mile to north for Brandt’s Cormorants, Common Murres, Pigeon Guillemots.

 

 

 

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