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HABITAT:	Pacific Ocean; Quileute Tribe’s 40 acres of beach, islands, estuary.
BIRDING:	Summer-fall, watch phalanxes of Brown Pelicans, plus Caspian Terns, and mobs of California, Heermann’s, Western, Glaucous-winged Gulls. Bald Eagles perch on trees. Peregrine Falcons nest on offshore island. Enjoy Barrow’s and Common Goldeneyes, Buffleheads; Black, Surf, and White-winged Scoters. Fall-spring visitors are Harlequin Ducks, Black-legged Kittiwakes; Mew, Herring, and Thayer’s Gulls.
VIEWING:	From platform, scan shoreline, estuary, sandbars. Scope A-Ka-Lat (“James Island”) for nesting Tufted Puffins. Walk through drift logs to beach.
ACCESS:	From Hwy 101 at milepost 193.1, turn west onto Hwy 110/La Push Rd. Drive 13.8 miles. Turn right onto Alder St. Drive 1 block, turn left onto River St. Drive 0.1 mile, turn left at T onto Main St. Drive 0.1 mile to jetty. Park at viewing platform.
MORE BIRDING:	From Hwy 101 at milepost 193.1, turn west onto Hwy 110/La Push Rd. Drive 11.4 miles to Third Beach parking. Walk 1.3-mile Olympic National Park trail for Northwestern Crows on wilderness beach, Marbled Murrelets in waves.

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