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HABITAT:	WDNR Natural Resources Conservation Area 678 acres of coniferous forest on saltwater bay.
BIRDING:	Bay hosts wintering Common, Red-throated, and Pacific Loons; Horned and Western Grebes, Buffleheads, Hooded Mergansers, Greater Scaups, Common and Barrow’s Goldeneyes, Surf and White-winged Scoters, and Canvasbacks. Dabblers include Northern Pintails, American Wigeons, and sometimes Gadwalls and Green-winged Teal. Forest contains Varied Thrushes, Winter Wrens, Chestnut-backed Chickadees, Red-breasted Sapsuckers, and Downy and Pileated Woodpeckers.
VIEWING:	Take 0.75-mile Overlook Trail to picnic tables above Woodard Bay.
ACCESS:	From I-5, take exit 109 (Sleater-Kinney Rd N). Turn southwest onto Martin Wy E. Drive 0.6 mile. Turn right (northwest) onto Sleater-Kinney Rd. Drive 4.3 miles. Road turns left, becoming 56th Ave NE. Continue on 56th Ave E 0.4 mile. Turn right (northwest) onto Shinke Rd NE. At 0.5 mile, road turns left (west) becoming Woodard Bay Rd NE. Continue on Woodard Bay Rd NE 0.4 mile. Turn right (north) into Chehalis Western Trail parking.
MORE BIRDING:	Continue 0.2-mile further west on Woodard Bay Rd NE. Turn right (northeast) into parking area. Walk 1 mile on old Witham Rd to Chapman Bay overlook, or to 1-mile Loop Trail for night roost of Double-crested Cormorants. Summer Bonuses: Nesting Purple Martins, seals w/ pups on log booms, and bats from large colony at twilight.

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