Category: Nisqually Natural Wildlife Refuge

Winter Walk

Winter Walk

I thought this was stunning. The family walking along the trail made this image special. I used a 300mm lens, which emphasized the mountains comparatively. It was taken at Nisqually Natural Wildlife Refuge prior to the name change and prior to the breaching of the dikes. So, unfortunately, the trail they are walking on is no longer accessible. Well, it is unfortunate for hikers/walkers, but much appreciated by the young salmon that use the newly recreated salt marsh habitat.

The Nisqually Natural Wildlife Refuge (now the Billy Frank, Jr. Nisqually Wildlife Center) is located 10 miles east of Olympia, Washington just off of I-5. The view is of the southern Olympic Mountains.

Still trying to get the kinks out of the WordPress software since I updated to a newer version. Ugh.

Reminder:

I have a book available on the Kindle site. It is a memoir titled 60 Years of Hiking in the Olympics. It has over 100 photographs and covers more than 100 different hikes and backpacks. I have it priced to share at $2.99 (US).

Note: this book is a memior of my hikes, not a guide book. It reflects my hiking style: wandering around and enjoying the trails and observing the natural world.

Here’s the link:

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Cinnamon Teal

A Pair of Cinnamon Teal

One of my favorite ducks is the cinnamon teal. I think the coloration is great … and the little beady red eyes remind me of a couple early mornings when I didn’t get enough sleep. I found these at the Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge outside Olympia, Washington.

Male Cinnamon Teal
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Full Color Misty Marshland

I took this series of images of misty marshland, but couldn’t decide which one(s) I liked, so I’m including them all. These were taken a while back at the Nisqually – Billy Frank Jr. National Wildlife Refuge … and they are unaltered color images … even though they look like sepia toned.

Misty Marshland 2
Misty Marshland 3
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Beaver Pond and Beaver Dam

Beaver Pond at Nisqually – Billy Frank Jr. National Wildlife Refuge

Just to be clear, the dam below isn’t what made the pond above. I did see a beaver once in the pond, one day when I was there late in the evening. The dam below is across a ditch that was left from building the dike which kept out salt water from the fields used by a dairy farm. That was back in the olden days before the dikes were breached to provide salt marsh as habitat for salmon.

Beaver Dam
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