The south Sound's great estuary, and the single most reliable stop on this list. The boardwalk carries you a mile out into the tideflats, which means you're standing in the middle of the birds rather than looking at them across a field.
Western Sandpipers stream through on the tide.
Osprey and terns work the estuary all day.
Dowitchers and dunlin in the thousands.
Geese, swans, and pintail fill the freshwater ponds.
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