Fort Flagler State Park Nature Guide

Included in this guide are some of the species you might see at Fort Flagler State Park, Wa.
The plants and animals in this list are drawn from historical records specific to the Olympic Peninsula, the Salish Sea and its surrounding uplands. How many can you find?

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Rock Sandpiper ¹
Calidris ptilocnemis

Sanderling ²
Calidris alba

Western Sandpiper ³
Calidris mauri

Dunlin ⁴
Calidris alpina

Solitary Sandpiper ⁵
Tringa solitaria

Greater Yellowlegs ⁶
Tringa melanoleuca

Whimbrel ⁷
Numenius phaeopus

Black Turnstone ⁸
Arenaria melanocephala

Marbled Godwit ⁹
Limosa fedoa

Western Gull ¹⁰
Larus occidentalis

Heermann's Gull ¹¹
Larus heermanni

Mew Gull ¹²
Larus canus

Pigeon Guillemot ¹³
Cepphus columba

Rhinoceros Auklet ¹⁴
Cerorhinca monocerata

Killdeer ¹⁵
Charadrius vociferus

Black Oystercatcher ¹³
Haematopus bachmani

Black-bellied Plover ¹⁶
Pluvialis squatarola

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Fort Flagler State Park Nature Guide

Rock Sandpiper 1 Calidris ptilocnemis

Sanderling 2 Calidris alba

Western Sandpiper 3 Calidris mauri

Dunlin 4 Calidris alpina

Solitary Sandpiper 5 Tringa solitaria

Greater Yellowlegs 6 Tringa melanoleuca

Whimbrel 7 Numenius phaeopus

Black Turnstone 8 Arenaria melanocephala

Marbled Godwit 9 Limosa fedoa

Western Gull 10 Larus occidentalis

Heermann's Gull 11 Larus heermanni

Mew Gull 12 Larus canus

Pigeon Guillemot 13 Cepphus columba

Rhinoceros Auklet 14 Cerorhinca monocerata

Killdeer 15 Charadrius vociferus

Black Oystercatcher 13 Haematopus bachmani

Black-bellied Plover 16 Pluvialis squatarola