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HABITAT:	USFWS 641 acres w/sand spit in Strait of Juan de Fuca, mudflats, forest; adjacent 216-acre Dungeness County Recreation Area.
BIRDING:	Nesters include Black Oystercatchers, Caspian, some Arctic Terns. Fall-spring, see Brants; Black, Surf, and White-winged Scoters and Long-tailed Ducks. Offshore, find Marbled Murrelets in summer. Listen at night for Great-horned, Western Screech Owls. Some winters, Gyrfalcons and Snowy Owls visit.
VIEWING:	Take trail 0.5 mile to observation deck, continue 0.2 mile to Dungeness Spit; beach goes 6.0 miles to lighthouse.
ACCESS:	From Hwy 101 at milepost 260.0, turn north onto Kitchen-Dick Rd. Drive 3.1 miles. Road turns right (east) becoming Lotzgesell Rd. Drive 0.1 mile. Turn left (north) onto Voice of America Rd. Drive 1.0 mile through recreation area/campground to refuge parking.
MORE BIRDING :	From southwest end of refuge parking, walk 1.0-mile bluff trail to recreation area; or drive back to campground entrance, continue south 0.2 miles on Voice of America Rd, park in pullouts on either side. Spring-summer, follow trails to wetlands for Virginia Rails, Common Yellowthroats, American Bitterns, American Coots. Short-eared Owls and Northern Harriers hunt meadows. Check winter sparrow flocks for Lincoln’s and White-throated.

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