Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge (NWF) is located of within Grays Harbor, 18 miles east of Ocean Shores, which makes up the second largest watershed in Washington. It's one of 4 major staging areas for migrating shorebirds in the Pacific Flyway. Every year, up to one million shorebirds gather here in spring anf fail to feed and rest.
Location GPS: (46.973932, -123.930611)
Trail and the views in Grays Harbor NWF
There is one mile wood trail get close to the wet lands, where you can watch the migration birds closely. In this memorial day long weekend, we stopped here on way to Ocean Shores recreation park.
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| Grays Harbor NWF and the parking lot |
Walked on the trail, we found quite a few birds, but not many as expected. Now most of the migrant birds should have flown away to the north.
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| Very cute bird singing far away |
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| Two blue herons play around |
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| Two blue herons play around |
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| Wet land and Ocean Shores far away to the west viewed from the end of the trail |
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| Wet land and the tree standing on top of dead tree |
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| Wet land and the tree standing on top of dead tree (viewed near by the entrance door) |
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