Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge — Monday, Jun. 27, 2016

Puget Sound and Islands > Seattle-Tacoma Area

We returned to Nisquaaly to check on the baby hummingbirds and to view the beavers who have been coming out in the pond near the visitor's center after 7:00 PM for the past few evenings. One recent evening there were at least 7 and there were some babies (kits). This evening we saw one beaver " up close and personal" and three others in the distance. We saw no babies. Sadly the 2 baby hummingbirds are no longer in the nest! A lady who was at the nest area when we were told us she had heard a predator had gotten them. We saw very few birds until after 5:00. We then saw 2 female wood ducks with their young. One group of babies appeared to be newborns and the other juveniles. We saw 2 female mallards with their young and one had newborns and the other juveniles.