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EBEY'S LANDING
National Historical Reserve
NATURALIST'S GUIDE
Spring and Summer
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BEACH and BLUFF
Some of the reserve's best walking is along the strip
of rocky beach between Fort Casey and Fort Ebey State Parks. The beach
rises to dramatic 200-foot high bluffs, most of which are accessible by
a trail. the intertidal zone and shoreline kelp beds along the coastal
strip provide feeding habitat for gulls, ducks, shorebirds, and raptors.
Swallows and other birds feed on flying insects along the beach. The rocky
stretch of beach along Keystone Spit also offers pleasant viewing, as
do the lowland lagoons along Penn Cove, which provide shelter and food
for waterfowl and many migratory birds.
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Common Plants
- Blue wildrye (N)
- California oat grass (N)
- Coralline alga
- Creeping bent grass
- Dune wildrye (N)
- English plantain
- Green urchin
- Gumweed (N)
- Kentucky bluegrass
- Nootka rose (N)
- Northern saitas (N)
- Orchard grass
- Purple snake root (N)
- Rock weed
- Roemer's (Idaho) fescue (N)
- Sea lettuce
- Sea shore lupine (N)
- Snowberry (N)
- Tomcat clover (N)
- Wing kelp
- Wooly sunflower (N)
Rare Plants*
- Prickly pear cactus (N)
- Golden aster
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Watch for...
- Bald eagle
- Barrow's goldeneye (spring)
- Belted kingfisher
- Brandt's cormorant (spring)
- Bufflehead (spring)
- Common goldeneye (spring)
- Double-crested cormorant
- Glaucaus-winged gull
- Pigeon guillemot
- Rhinoceros auklet
- Surf scoter
- Western sandpiper (spring)
- White-winged scoter (spring)
- Gray whale (spring)
- Harbor seal
- River otter
(N) = Native species
* These species are typically found on the dry
eastern slopes of the Cascades. It is quite
unusual to find them west of the Cascades.
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