| Hobuck Beach | |||
HABITAT: |
Pacific Ocean; Makah Tribe’s beach, river. | ||
| BIRDING: | What a roost! Fall-spring, see thousands of California, Glaucous-winged, Mew, Thayer’s Gulls. Find fall migrants on rocky shoreline: Wandering Tattlers, Surfbirds, Black Turnstones. Harlequin Ducks frequent river mouth. | ||
ACCESS: |
In town of Neah Bay, Hwy 112 becomes Bay View Dr. Obtain required tribal recreational use permit at Makah Cultural/Research Center (turn left at “Makah Museum” sign) or continue 0.3 miles to Washburn’s General Store. From museum turn-off, drive west 1.2 miles on Bay View Dr. Turn left onto Fort St. Drive 1 block. Turn right onto 3rd. Drive 1 block. Turn left onto Cape Flattery Rd. Drive 3.5 miles. Turn left (south) onto Hobuck Rd. Drive 0.2 mile. Turn right onto Makah Passage Rd. Drive 0.3 mile. At Y intersection stay right on Tsoo Yess Beach Rd. Drive 0.5 mile. Immediately past Hobuck RV Park, veer right to parking pullout. | ||
| MORE BIRDING: | River – From intersection with Hobuck Rd, drive east on Cape Flattery Rd 0.8 miles, veer right onto gravel road. Park in pullout by Waatch River for American Wigeons, Lesser Scaups, Greater and Lesser Yellowlegs. Neah Bay – After Pacific winter storms, bay fills with seabirds; watch from shore next to Senior Center on Bay View Dr. | ||