[Tweeters] Nisqually NWR 9/10/08

[Scrubjay323 at aol.com]

Tweets.
 
Yesterday 9 of us enjoyed a great day at Nisqually.  It started out  with an 
AMERICAN BITTERN behind the visitor center and went from there.
 
Unfortunate, I had jury duty and had to leave before we got to the  twin 
barns, but by then we had seen MALLARD, WOOD DUCK, COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, and  
RED-TAILED HAWK, as well as CANADA GEESE.
 
After I left the group saw the following:
 
On the board walk to the barns:  swainson's thrush, song  sparrow, bc 
chickadee
 

>From the barn overlook:  red-tailed hawk, barn  swallows, goldfinch, rock 

doves, common yellow throat
 
Cross over boardwalk:  downy woodpecker, rufous hummingbird, E.  gray squirrel
 
River overlook:  kingfisher, GW gull, several common  mergansers(female)
 
Just past the overlook at the previous hot spot:  brown creeper,  warbling 
vireo, black-throated gray warbler, western tanager.
 
In the woods to ring dike:  western tanager, cedar wax-wing,  bewick's wren, 
house finch, more downy woodpecker(we saw at least 4 for the  day), N. harrier 
out in the adjacent field.
 
Near ring dike:  pair of wood ducks
 
Along the river and thru the woods to the primitive trail:  cowbirds,  GB 
heron, purple finch, violet green swallows, more tanagers, harbor seal
 
A killdeer was on the shore near the river overlook on the way back, and a  
juvenile heron was hunting near the junction to the riparian area.
 
All in all a good day.  Too bad I was stuck inside all day.
 
Until next week...
 
 
Phil  Kelley
scrubjay323 @aol.com
Lacey,  WA
360-459-1499



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