Birding

The North Olympic Peninsula offers exceptional bird watching year round. Our mild winter supports large numbers of ocean birds, including waterfowl. Spring and fall are migration times and offer great diversity in species. Summer residents are numerous and varied due to the diversity of habitat - from rain forest to tidelands.

East of the Three Crabs Restaurant, in winter, a series of ponds offer shelter for pintail, Green winged teal, Blue-winged teal, American wigeon, and usually a few Eurasian Wigeon. Eagles and an assortment of hawks such as Northern harrier, Redtailed and Cooper's hawk, and Peregrine falcon appear throughout the year. Many smaller birds are seen in the area including the Song, Doncoln's, White-crowned, Golden-crowed and Fox sparrows; Dark-eyed juncos; House finches and American goldfinches; Red-winged and Brewer's blackbirds; and Rufous-sided towhees.

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