Chinook County Park |
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HABITAT: |
Beach and mud flats of Baker Bay. |
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| BIRDING: | Best at change from low to incoming tide. Use scope to see Black-bellied and Semipalmated Plovers, and Western and Least Sandpipers feeding on sand bar. Purple Martins nest in pilings. Fall specialties are Brown Pelicans and Heermann’s Gulls. Residents Oct-March include Surf and White-winged Scoters, some Black Scoters, American and some Eurasian Wigeons, Northern Pintails, Greater and Lesser Scaups, and a few Green-winged Teal. | ||
VIEWING: |
Walk to water, set up scope by picnic tables. |
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ACCESS: |
From Hwy 101 at milepost 3.9 in the town of Chinook, turn southeast onto Chinook County Park Rd. |
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