We crossed into Washington State and made our first stop at Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge. At the kiosk is a CD for their 4.2 mile auto tour to make the most of your visit. You must stay in your vehicle for most of the loop, but there is one area you can walk around.
A family of Canada geese.
We saw beaver and nutria (pictured below- looks similar to a beaver but with a long, skinny tail).
This was a fantastic birding location. I counted 40 species including the
Purple Martins nesting here, a life bird for me. Love the picture of these two.
A few days later, we visited the Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge next to Olympic National Park. Their trail leads down the mountain to the 5.5 mile long spit, one of the world's longest natural sand spits.
When I first arrived, the mountains were hidden by clouds, but they appeared before I left.
All of these heavy trees are what holds the spit. If they were cleared out of the area, the waves would wash the spit away.
Beautiful green trails thru this refuge.
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