I visited Nisqually NWR today (Saturday Jan 24). About 50 cars in the
parking lot. After seemingly weeks of fog every day, sunshine brought the
birders out. I walked the dike down the Nisqually River and a block or two
before the gate (keeping us away from the hunters), I found this friendly
sparrow with a white head, feeding in the grasses on the shoulder of the
dike path.
Check him out at www.pbase.com/alndonna/other_birds

Also exciting for me was a Northern Shrike, a lifer.

Al Clark in Tacoma