Birding at the Kennedy Creek Estuary DNR Interpretive Site

Trip leader: Anders Price
This will be a good tide level for shorebirds. Participants can arrive any time during the period. Observations are from a single, generously sized location at the end of a 100-yard path.
Each November tens of thousands of salmon return to a two-mile stretch of Kennedy Creek to spawn. The nutrients released after they spawn and die nourish the stream, the surrounding forest, and this gem of an estuary. In December, numerous Bald Eagles fight over salmon bits, and the shorebird flocks of Dunlin and Black-bellied Plover are sometimes strafed by a Peregrine. It’s also a good location to study gulls and a variety of dabbling and diving ducks, and an occasional mixed flock of songbirds can add to the fun. The Washington Department of Natural Resources has some cool interpretive signs at the site.
Discover Pass required. Do not park in the lot just of the highway, except for overflow.