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Long Beach |
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HABITAT: |
Municipal access to 11 miles of ocean beach, sand dunes, and myrtle shrub. |
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| BIRDING: | Shorebirds galore! Spring migration (April-May) features Black-bellied and Semipalmated Plovers, Western and Least Sandpipers, Short-billed and a few Long-billed Dowitchers – who all return beginning in July. Thousands of shorebirds come through in fall; migration peaks mid-September. Some Semipalmated and Baird’s Sandpipers arrive in fall along w/ Sanderlings and Dunlins. Brown Pelicans skim waves in fall. | ||
VIEWING: |
Take Discovery Trail south, or north (first 0.4 mile ADA) to whale skeleton and to bronze tree commemorating 1805 Lewis and Clark expedition. |
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ACCESS: |
From Hwy 103/Pacific Hwy in the town of Long Beach, turn west onto 10th St S/Sid Snyder Dr. Drive 0.2 mile to beach parking lot. |
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