10 Birding Hot Spots on Hood Canal #1. Kennedy Creek Preserve Kamilche, WA | IBA (Important Birding Area) Visit 340 acres of wildlife-rich salt flats on Oyster Bay at its confluence with Kennedy and Schneider Creeks. This rich estuarine environment supports a diverse population of residential and migratory shorebirds. This inlet also supports one of the largest flocks of wintering black-bellied plovers in Puget Sound. Kennedy Creek which feeds into the preserve is an excellent salmon-rearing waterway producing up to 80,000 spawning salmon. After spawning, the salmon die and their carcasses wash downstream to the estuary providing food for eagles, and other animals. Discover Pass
Kennedy Creek Preserve #2. Oakland Bay County Park Shelton, WA A four mile long narrow and shallow estuary, Oakland Bay is one of the most productive shellfish growing areas in the country. While the WDFD property and adjacent Bayshore Preserve on the northern shore of the bay is a good place to scope for birds, the county park directly across the
bay offers a wilder setting and good trail system. From the trailhead hike through old-growth trees and an old orchard to the historic 1892-built Malaney-O’Neill House on a small bluff above Oakland Bay. After admiring this structure, walk the short path behind it to overlook the mudflats and oyster beds on Oakland Bay. Look for ospreys, bald eagles and scads of ducks. During the winter months look for dunlins. No Pass
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