Archive for the ‘Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge’ Category

Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge

Saturday, July 30th, 2005
I walked Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge for the first time in years today and had a delightful time, despite sporadic bursts of machine gun fire and thudding booms of artillery pieces drifting across the valley from Ft. Lewis. For a very short time I had a chance to experience this area the way [...]

Soaring

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2005
Old stick-in-the-mud, who could imagine such graceful flight possible?

Reflection

Thursday, August 4th, 2005
Standing his ground, the Great Blue Heron reflects – ’til even his shadow is still.

An American Bittern

Saturday, August 6th, 2005
Having been told last week that early morning was the best time to get pictures at The Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, I got up about 6:00 a.m. Friday morning and left the house by 6:30 for the half hour drive. While I’m not entirely convinced that the picture taking was actually any better at that hour, [...]