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Loose Goose LbNA #6983 (ARCHIVED)

Owner:Adoptable
Plant date:Dec 28, 2003
Location:
City:Lacey
County:Thurston
State:Washington
Boxes:1
Planted by:Ants Go Marching
Found by: dvn2r ckr
Last found:Jun 4, 2004
Status:Fa
Last edited:Dec 28, 2003
Loose Goose Letterbox

Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge-- http://nisqually.fws.gov/noframes.recreate.html -- is located 8 miles east of Olympia, Washington. From I-5, take exit 114 and follow the signs to the refuge. Trails are open daily during daylight hours. Fee is $3.00 per family. Golden Eagle, Golden Access, Golden Age, Refuge Annual Pass, and Federal Duck Stamps admit one family. Children under 16 enter free.
Over 175 species of birds have been recorded at the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, so it is a favorite spot for birders traveling the I-5 corridor. Check the log at the headquarters office for the latest sightings (or read it online at the Peepers web site).
Nisqually NWR has a variety of habitats. Up to 20,000 ducks and 300 geese find food, water, and shelter in the grasslands, mudflats, and freshwater ponds during spring and migration (part of the refuge is closed during hunting season).
Salt marshes serve as resting and feeding habitat for shorebirds and waterfowl. Brant feed on beds of eelgrass. Deciduous woodlands host numerous songbirds and raptors. Grasslands attract Short-eared Owl, Barn Owl, Northern Harrier, and feeding Mallard, Green-winged Teal, Northern Pintail, Cinnamon Teal, American Wigeon, and the occasional Eurasion Widgeon.

If you haven’t visited Wildlife Refuge before, a map of the are trails will be essential to locating this box. Those of you who are very familiar may also need a map. Here is alink to the map. Curse down to see it. http://www.blackhillsaudubon.org/bestplaces/peep.best.nisqually.htm

Location:

3.03 km from the Nisqually Reach Nature Center
.7 from the Visitor Center
2.5 from the Observation Tower on the Brown Dike Trail
Have a seat. Enjoy the grassy view of the refuge.
Consult the tangle directly behind you.