Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge — Monday, Mar. 30, 2015

Puget Sound and Islands > Seattle-Tacoma Area

We arrived at the refuge at high tide. We began by walking the Twin Barns Loop on the West side. Here we saw many frogs of various sizes, a snake,a Peid-billed grebe, and a sparrow. We went west to walk the dike to the boardwalk before completing the Twin Barns Loop. Northern shovelers, Northern-pintails, green-winged teal, Greater white -fronted geese, Canadian geese, gulls, and 2 herons were some of the birds seen. After walking about 1/2 mile on the boardwalk and seeing very few birds, we turned around to walk the dike to the river viewing area and then returned to the parking lot via the Eastern side of the Twin Barns Loop. We saw no ducks on the return to the parking area, but did see 2 red-breasted sapsuckers.