Sequim Elk
A drive around the Sequim area will often reveal roaming herds – they can especially be seen in Happy Valley, around the Bell Hill area and in the valleys to the east of Sequim. Elk live quite well around people – and love munching the new flowers and vegetables in gardens, as well as grazing in the fresh green fields of hay and grass. The Roosevelt Elk is the official Washington State animal, and was named for President Teddy Roosevelt, who loved to come to the Olympic Peninsula to hunt them.
Birds and Eagles
There is a great variety of birds to be found in the Sequim area, including . A birder’s paradise, Sequim has both the Dungeness River Audubon Center at Railroad Bridge Park as well as the Dungeness National Wildlife Reserve on and around the Dungeness Spit.
Bald Eagles nest locally in the spring and summer and feast on the salmon running up the Dungenness River in the fall. Eagles are plentiful around the river and at the Strait of Juan de Fuca, as well as having plentiful nests around the entire valley.
Additionally, resident flocks of Trumpeter Swans can often be seen when driving down Woodcock or Schmuck Roads.