Field trip: Pelagic Birds of Puget Sound
Bird Field Trip - Port Angeles & North Olympic Coast
Puget Sound birds await us. We will bird the north coast of the Olympic Peninsula from Ediz Hook toward the Kingston Ferry. We will look for seabirds and also land birds, making numerous stops along the way and walking along the beach in a few places.
Contacts
- Sun, Jan 11, 2026
- Seattle Naturalists Committee
- Naturalist
- Adults
- Easy
- Easy
- Mileage: 2.0
- 2 (8 capacity)
- FULL (3 capacity)
- Mon, Nov 17, 2025 at 7:00 AM
- Fri, Jan 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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Bring binoculars and if you have a scope, bring that too.
Bring warm clothes, layers, rain gear, Lunch. hot and cold drinks
This will be an intense birding trip, but one never knows what we might find.
The focus will be on practicing the skills needed to identify pelagic birds. We will look for separating species into families, then using size, shape, color patterns, behaviors, and other information to make an identification. We will review the information covered in the course.
Most importantly, we will have lots of fun.
Meet at 6:15 AM on 39th Ave NE, Seattle, beside the Cedar Park Elementary School. Parking is available on weekends along the west side of the road. I will be driving a silver RAV 4. We need to catch the 7:10 AM Edmonds Ferry. Alternatively, form your own carpools and catch the ferry.
We will meet up at the Jamestown S"Kallam Tribe Rest area between 8:15 AM and 8:30 AM. Then go to the far end of Ediz Hook, by the restrooms and boat launch, arriving around 9 AM. Birding will begin at Ediz Hook, although we can see some birds from the rest stop at Jamestown.
I plan to be back in Kingston and aim to catch the 5:30 PM ferry.
Required Equipment
Binoculars, scope if you have one, warm clothes, layers, rain gear, lunch, snacks, hot and cold drinks. Good humor.
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