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HABITAT:	Skokomish Tribe’s 800 acres of river estuary, forest, wetlands, Hood Canal shoreline.
BIRDING:	Winter wins bird lottery! Shore hosts huge flocks of Dunlins; on saltwater, find Marbled Murrelets, Canvasbacks, Northern Pintails; Common, Red-breasted, and Hooded Mergansers; Buffleheads, Common and Barrow’s Goldeneyes, Black, Surf, and White-winged Scoters; in marsh are Gadwalls, Green-winged Teals, Northern Shovelers. Raptors abound: Bald Eagles, Ospreys, Peregrine Falcons, Northern Harriers, Red-tailed Hawks, Short-eared Owls. Early spring brings Long-billed Dowitchers, Wilson’s Snipes, Western Sandpipers.
VIEWING:	Tribal lands open for guided birding second Saturday of month. Reserve guide at Skokomish Dept. of Natural Resources, 360-877-2110, www.skokomish.org. Take 0.5-mile tour for Great Blue Heron rookery, Green Herons and American Bitterns in wetlands. Scope Hood Canal for Common, Red-throated, and Pacific Loons; Western, Red-necked, Horned, Eared, and Pied-billed Grebes.
ACCESS:	From Hwy 101 at milepost 336.5, turn east into Lucky Dog Casino parking lot to meet guide.

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