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04/07/25 - Dungeness Spit

We lucked out at Dungeness Spit with an extremely low tide. We mainly wanted to take the Primitive Trail, the alternate route from the trailhead to the spit itself, but with the low tide and lots of beach available, we made our way past the half mile marker. The footing was good, and we should note that we are now in the season of daylight low tides suitable for hiking out to the lighthouse.

The Primitive Trail is a less used, slightly longer route, but it takes one through forest, so we were rewarded with birds and trilliums. There was some early mock Solomon's seal with just a few leaves, so we'll have to come back later in the season. We avoided the nettles and had a lovely springtime walk.


Trilliums

The wide beach

An offshore duck

Driftwood

Looking back at the Olympics

The spit

Mount Baker and the lighthouse

The spit again


The Primitive Trail


Springtime slug





A forest bird - a lucky photo


Keywords: birds, dungeness spit, spring, tides, trilliums