Kalaloch Beach, WA
September 2024


Synopsis
Our last hoorah for summer was at Kalaloch Beach. We managed to score a really nice campsite at the campground. And spent the weekend enjoying the sandy beaches under the waning sunlight and wandering the tidepools to the north of the campground. We also visited the nearby Ruby Beach and the large cedar, which we never really saw in proper lighting (all previous visits were either in the dark or during very rainy conditions). Moon and lionmanes jellies were washed up on the beach as well as a stranded Surf Scoter. But scoping the waters offshore revealed at least 4 sea otters, many porpoise and seals, as well as alcids, grebes, cormorants, scoters, pelicans and plenty of gulls. It was a wonderful escape from the city. And easy to escape the crowds if you are willing to walk half a mile from a beach entrance.

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Bird List

Surf Scoter	many groups in surf, 1 stranded on beach
White-winged Scoter
Western Grebe
Band-tailed Pigeon	large flock in trees on Beach 4
Sandhill Crane	4, overhead
Black Turnstone	Ruby Beach
Sanderling	1
Rhinoceros Auklet
Marbled Murrelet
Common Murre
Heermann's Gull
Western Gull
California Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
Common Loon
Brant's Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Pelagic Cormorant
Brown Pelican
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Steller's Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Brown Creeper
Pacific Wren
European Starling
American Robin
White-crowned Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Townsend's Warbler
Critters:
Sea Otter
Harbor Seal
Porpoise
Douglas Squirrel
Townsend's Chipmunk

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