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Fort Flagler State Park, Marrowstone Island, WA
January 2022
Synopsis
Kicking off the new year, we decided to spend our first camping trip at Fort Flagler State Park. In 2020, we had a great time hiking and enjoying the sights of the Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca and decided to return.
Our little tent was the only one among the sea of RVs, but we still enjoyed the relatively crowdless beaches and hiking trails through the coniferious forests. We had the memorible experience of finding out about a tsunami warning from the camp host (both of our cell phones failed to warn us). Out of precaution, we packed out tent into the car and moved to higher ground for the day. Washington didn't see much of any effect, but it did make for an interesting mood among all the campers and beach goers.
As with our last visit to Fort Flagler, we had great views into the surprisingly flat waters of the sound and strait. Despite the thick fog that settled over us, scoping from the bluffs gave great views of the small flocks of Ancient and Marbled Murrelets as well as Pigeon Guilemots, Red-breasted Mergansers, Common Loons, Common Murres, and Pelagic Cormorants. On the small spit from the campground were large flocks of Brant and shorebirds once again - Black Turnstones, Dunlin, Sanderlings, and Black-bellied Plovers.
Even with (or maybe because of) the tsunami warning, our first camping of 2022 will be something we'll remember.
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Pictures (click on thumbnails to enlarge)
Bird List
| Brant |
| Canada Goose |
| Trumpeter Swan |
| American Wigeon |
| Harlequin Duck |
| Surf Scoter |
| White-winged Scoter |
| Long-tailed Duck |
| Bufflehead |
| Common Goldeneye |
| Red-breasted Merganser |
| Horned Grebe |
| Red-necked Grebe |
| Western Grebe |
| Black Oystercatcher |
| Black-bellied Plover |
| Black Turnstone |
| Sanderling |
| Dunlin |
| Common Murre |
| Pigeon Guillemot |
| Marbled Murrelet |
| Ancient Murrelet |
| Short-billed Gull |
| Ring-billed Gull |
| California Gull |
| Glaucous-winged Gull |
| Pacific Loon |
| Common Loon |
| Brandt's Cormorant |
| Pelagic Cormorant |
| Double-crested Cormorant |
| Great Blue Heron |
| Northern Harrier |
| Bald Eagle |
| Red-tailed Hawk |
| Red-breasted Sapsucker |
| Downy Woodpecker |
| Hairy Woodpecker |
| Northern Flicker |
| American Crow |
| Common Raven |
| Chestnut-backed Chickadee |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch |
| Brown Creeper |
| Pacific Wren |
| Bewick's Wren |
| European Starling |
| Varied Thrush |
| American Robin |
| Pine Siskin |
| Dark-eyed Junco |
| Golden-crowned Sparrow |
| Song Sparrow |
| Spotted Towhee |
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| Critters: |
| California Sea Lion |
| Harbor Seal |
| Douglas Squirrel |
| Pacific tree frog |
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