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Cape Lookout, OR Synopsis We’ve stayed at this park on many occasions. There are numerous campsites (along with yurts). The campsites closer to the beach are quite open and not secluded. The loops farther from the beach are nestled among trees, offering more privacy. The raccoons seem especially bold here we were sitting a few feet from our hot dog buns with our back slightly turned when a raccoon grabbed it and made off before we could do anything. The campground offers beach access and there is a nice hiking trail (roughly 2 miles long) going south to out to the trailhead of the Cape Trail, which goes out to Cape Lookout. The trails are well maintained and whine among the coastal forest. Every time we’ve hiked out, without fail, we see a pair of Wrentits at the Lookout. We see them flit and chatter in the bushes behind the bench at the end of the trail. At While staying at the state park, we’ve also hiked north up the spit. It was a nice stroll along the beach, even when it is pouring down rain. North of the park, Cape Mears National Wildlife Refuge is another great lookout spot in the summer, there is a large colony of Common Murres on the rocks and I’ve also seen Tufted Puffin from the lookout. Top
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Bird List Common Loon Western Grebe Brown Pelican Pelagic Cormorant Brandt's Cormorant Double-crested Cormorant Great Blue Heron Trumpeter Swan Canada Goose Surf Scoter Bufflehead Mallard Red-breasted Merganser Red-tailed Hawk Turkey Vulture Bald Eagle Peregrine Falcon Virginia Rail Sanderling Black Oystercatcher Glaucous-winged Gull Western Gull Heerman's Gull Caspian Tern Common Murre Great Horned Owl Hairy Woodpecker Downy Woodpecker Northern Flicker Steller's Jay Common Raven American Crow Chestnut-backed Chickadee Brown Creeper Winter Wren Wrentit Golden-crowned Kinglet Ruby-crowned Kinglet Varied Thrush Swainson's Thrush American Robin European Starling Townsend's Warbler Townsend's x Hermit Warbler Hybrid Orange-crowned Warbler Song Sparrow White-crowned Sparrow Fox Sparrow Dark-eyed Junco Spotted Towhee Red Crossbill House Finch Other Critter List Garter Snake Mouse sp. Douglas Squirrel Steller's Sea Lion Harbor Porpoise Dall's Porpoise Killer Whale Pacific Treefrog Top Information Located: Cape Lookout State Park Top
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