Here and there a tiny wisp of smoke gave evidence that someone was already preparing for another day when, from within the shadows of a clump of Douglas Firs, emerged a Red Fox. This Red Fox has visited us a good many times and Chief Ranger Barnett reports regular boarders in a Cross Fox and several Raccoons who came to his home for the scraps that are always waiting for them. As yet we have seen no weasels although these serpentine creatures are always seen sometime during the winter. So we are always on the lookout for them. However we are well supplied with Douglas Squirrels, both the Oregon and Chestnut Backed Chickadees, Ruby and Golden Crowned Kinglets and along the Nisqually River close by the Water Ouzel rattles out his characteristic song.
Wild life is always abundant around headquarters during the winter months.