Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge — Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2013

Puget Sound and Islands > Seattle-Tacoma Area

After reading Hiking Queen's report and seeing her GREAT baby Great-horned Owl photos on the NW Hikers website, we wanted to go to see them for ourselves! The babies have fledged. We saw the 2 babies and their parents in trees in the North end of the Twin Barns Loop. They were not very close, but were fun to see! The weather was cloudy with intermittent light rain. Walking the dike and boardwalk was windy and cold. We saw a variety of ducks, eagles, a Northern Shrike, shore birds, herons, a variety of song birds, geese, and a feral cat. The people in the Visitor Center told us they have traps set for the cat. It lost the tip of its tail when it was caught in one of the traps.