Where to Find Birds in Kitsap County

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Where to Find Birds 4 - Buck Lake County Park Silverdale Area, Dyes Inlet $______Additional tax deductible ____ Supporting KAS Member ($100 per year) (Contact Treasurer for LIFE Membership payment options) ____ Contributing Annual Member $50 _____Sustaining Annual Membership $75 ____ Family Annual Membership $30 _____Family LIFE $500 ____ Individual Annual Membership $20 _____Individual LIFE $300 Check type of Chapter Membership (All include 8 annual issues the KINGFISHER newsletter): Check here Email address:______Address______City______State ______Zip ______N ame______Phone______Please make checks payable to Kitsap Audubon Society and mail to KAS, PO Box 961, Poulsbo, WA 98370 • Aquatic and wooded habitats, open fields 12 - Island Lake County Park In Kitsap County • Hooded Merganser and Pied-billed Grebe, warblers • Aquatic, riparian and wooded habitats Kitsap County is bordered on the west by a natural in migration • Walks and trails fjord, the Hood Canal. On the north and east, it is ____ if you prefer to receive your KINGFISHER by email and save us the cost of postage printing.. • Extensive trails • Ring-necked Ducks and Hooded Mergansers bounded by Puget Sound. Its 236 miles of salt-water in winter shoreline offer more marine habitat than any other The Kitsap Audubon Society is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. Donations are tax deductible.

Port Gamble Area Application – Membership AudubonKitsap Society county in the lower 48 states. Surrounded almost 5 - Port Gamble 13 - Silverdale Waterfront County Park entirely by saltwater, the Kitsap Peninsula is visited Marine habitat of the Hood Canal, wooded slopes, open • Pebble beach and open bay marine habitats regularly by more than 200 species of birds. Some lawns, bluff viewing platform, small park, no facilities • Panoramic view of Dyes Inlet 115 species nest here. Marine birds are abundant from • Best as a marine birding site in winter November through March, with over-wintering loons, 6 - Salisbury Point County Park Marine habitat of the Hood Canal, wooded habitats, grebes and cormorants readily seen along the shores. 14 - Old Mill County Park and Clear Creek Trail

boat launch, beach access, trails donation to be used for scholarships ___ Audubon Adventures ___ Other Waterfowl are also plentiful in the winter months, • Pebble beach and open bay; marine, estuarine and including wigeons, scoters, mergansers and goldeneyes. Poulsbo Area riparian habitats Although spring and fall migrations often bring 7 - Poulsbo Marina and Waterfront Parks • Contiguous with the Clear Creek Trail system surprises, the species noted for each location are those • Marine, mud flat, and wooded habitats • Limited parking at park, none along trails you are most likely to see. • A great diversity of marine birds in the winter • Purple martin nest box site * In county parks, rest rooms may only be open from • Public docks, boardwalk, trails April through September. Bremerton, Port Washington 8 - Oyster Plant Park Narrows Area Kingston Area • Marine habitat, pocket park 15 - Lion’s Field Park 1 - Kingston Marina/Park, Appletree Cove • Public dock and kayak launch • Rocky marine habitat along the “narrows” • Marine and mud flat habitats on quiet bay • No facilities • Both Pelagic and Double-crested Cormorants, as • American and Eurasian Wigeon, gulls well as Long-tailed Ducks in the winter • Public fishing pier, visitors dock, walkway Bainbridge Island 16 - Lower Rota Vista Park, north end of viewing sites 9 - Faye Bainbridge State Park • Sandy beach, open marine and wooded habitats Elizabeth Ave. • 2 - Arness County Park • Marine birds, Bald Eagle, Osprey Rocky marine habitat • Marine and slough habitats • • Trails, beach access, views across Puget Sound Large Pelagic Cormorant roost and Peregrine • Opposite side of Appletree Cove with added view Falcon nest under Warren Ave. Bridge. into Carpenter Creek slough 10 –Battle Point Park • Walkway down bluff to viewing area • Ponds, fields, woods • Portable toilet, small parking area • Limited parking, no facilities, no handicapped • Winter ducks, summer passerines access Point No Point, Hansville Area 11 - Ft. Ward State Park 3 - Pt.-No-Pt. County Park, a designated Port Orchard, Sinclair Inlet • Rocky shore, marine and wooded habitats IBA (Important Bird Area) 17 Pt. Orchard Marina and Park • Extensive views of Admiralty Inlet • Marine birds include Surf and White-winged • Open bay marine habitat Scoter, Western, Red-necked and Horned Grebe • Marine, sandy beach, marsh, and wooded habitats • Thousands of White-winged Scoters and and Long-tailed Duck • Best known for alcids, loons and cormorants, as American Wigeons in winter, as well as Western • Trails, beach access well as large numbers of Bonaparte’s and Grebes Heermann’s gulls in the fall • Views across Rich Passage • Best viewing from park at east end of Marina • Viewing platform, trails and beach access Numbers correspond to map locations on map • Portable toilet, limited handicap access (reverse side) Kitsap Audubon Society

The Kitsap Audubon Society has been engaging the Kitsap community Where to with birds and the world of nature since 1972. Our mission is to promote the Find Birds In protection and preservation of birds, wildlife, and the environment with Kitsap County educational programs, stewardship, and advocacy.

We offer free monthly programs, open to the public, on a broad range of related topics

Our expertly led field trips are free and open to the public.

We have been conducting annual Kitsap County Christmas Bird Counts since Kitsap Audubon Society 1973. A Chapter of the National Audubon Society Our monthly Kingfisher newsletter is published ten times a year. Serving Kitsap County Website: www.KitsapAudubon.org Since 1973 With a Focus on is a source of timely information and Wildlife and Conservation resources. Kitsap Audubon Society Visit our Facebook page at http://www. P.O. Box 961 facebook.com/kitsapaudubonsociety Poulsbo WA 98370