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HABITAT:	Olympic National Park sub-alpine forest, alpine meadows.
BIRDING:	Sooty (Blue) Grouse’s booming-breeding display highlights spring. Spring-fall, see Gray and Steller’s Jays, Band-tailed Pigeons. Summer-fall, watch for Red Crossbills in trees; soaring Golden Eagles, American Kestrels, Northern Harriers,– and Vaux’s and Black Swifts near ridge tops. Listen for Townsend’s Solitaires, Townsend’s Warblers, Hermit Thrushes.
VIEWING:	Trails give easy access to meadows. Options: drive 1.2 miles west to 1.5-mile steep Hurricane Hill Trail for Horned Larks, American Pipits; drive 7.8-mile gravel road to Obstruction Point overlook, trails. Bonus: Olympic Marmots.
ACCESS:	From Hwy 101 in city of Port Angeles, turn south onto Race St. Drive 1.0 mile to Olympic National Park Visitor Center. Continue right at Y on Heart O’ the Hills Pkwy 5.0 miles to park entrance, continue 12 miles to Hurricane Ridge Visitor Center.
MORE BIRDING:	At 0.2 mile from park entrance, turn into Heart O’ the Hills campground. May-July, nesting Marbled Murrelets call at dawn.

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