A short strip of rocky shoreline south of the Alki Point lighthouse where the birds work at close range: oystercatchers, turnstones, and Harlequin Ducks on the rocks at low tide, with harbor seals hauled out beyond them. Some of the closest looks at rock-loving shorebirds anywhere in the city.
Turnstones linger into April; Brant offshore.
Oystercatchers pipe along the tideline.
The rock specialists return with the first storms.
Peak season on the rocks and the water.
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