[Tweeters] Informal Wednesday Walk, Billy Frank Jr Nisqually NWR for 3/23/2022

[Shep Thorp]

Hi Tweets,

We had a damp day at the Refuge with very nice birding.  Temperatures were
in the 50's degrees Fahrenheit with cloudy skies and occasional light
rain.  There was a High 13.4ft Tide at 9:12am.  Highlights included five
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRDS, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS in the flooded field south of
the old McAllister Creek Access Road, continuing EURASIAN GREEN-WINGED TEAL
at the Twin Barns Overlook, EURASIAN WIGEON, two early SEMIPALMATED PLOVERS
on the surge plain and a SNOW GOOSE mixed in with the CACKLING Geese.

We observed 69 species for the day, and have seen 108 species this year.
See eBird report attached.

Have a nice week and happy birding,
Shep

-- 
Shep Thorp
Browns Point
253-370-3742

Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US
Mar 23, 2022 7:06 AM - 3:03 PM
Protocol: Traveling
7.847 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     Informal Wednesday Walk. Cloudy with intermittent
light rain. Temperatures in the 50’s to 60’s degrees Fahrenheit. A High
13.4ft Tide at 9:12 am. Mammals seen Eastern Cotton-tailed Rabbit, Coyote,
Eastern Gray Squirrel, and Harbor Seal. Also seen Red-eared Slider,
Northwestern Salamander egg cluster, and Pacific Choral Frog.
69 species (+8 other taxa)

Snow Goose  1
Brant  45
Cackling Goose (minima)  950
Cackling Goose (Taverner's)  50
Canada Goose  36
Wood Duck  4
Northern Shoveler  400
Gadwall  15
Eurasian Wigeon  1
American Wigeon  500
Mallard  150
Northern Pintail  300
Green-winged Teal  900
Green-winged Teal (Eurasian)  1     Continuing. Twin Barns Overlook. Photos
Green-winged Teal (Eurasian x American)  1     Observed at Twin Barns
Overlook for 10 minutes roosting adjacent to Eurasian Green-winged Teal.
Seen at 200 feet with 20x spotting scope. A green winged teal with
prominent horizontal line and increased white around green eye patch. Photo.
Ring-necked Duck  8
Greater Scaup  6
Surf Scoter  8
Bufflehead  200
Common Goldeneye  40
Hooded Merganser  6
Common Merganser  2
Red-breasted Merganser  15
Pied-billed Grebe  2
Horned Grebe  10
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  16
Anna's Hummingbird  3
Rufous Hummingbird  5
Virginia Rail  1
American Coot  90
Killdeer  1
Dunlin  350
Semipalmated Sandpiper  2     Observed at 1/4 mile in surge plain north of
the Nisqually estuary trail. Two small sized shorebirds in comparison to
surrounding GWTE and GRYE, with orange bill, orange legs and single neck
band. Observed for 5 minutes by multiple birders using spotting scopes.
peep sp.  2
Long-billed Dowitcher  20
Wilson's Snipe  3
Spotted Sandpiper  3
Greater Yellowlegs  25
Short-billed Gull  175
Ring-billed Gull  20
Glaucous-winged Gull  3
Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)  6
Western/Glaucous-winged Gull  30
Common Loon  1
Brandt's Cormorant  9
Double-crested Cormorant  2
Great Blue Heron  25
Northern Harrier  1
Bald Eagle  30
Red-tailed Hawk  3
Belted Kingfisher  3
Downy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  3
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted x Red-shafted)  1
American Crow  150
Black-capped Chickadee  15
Chestnut-backed Chickadee  2
Tree Swallow  150
Violet-green Swallow  75
Bushtit  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  3
Golden-crowned Kinglet  8
Brown Creeper  3
Pacific Wren  2
Marsh Wren  15
Bewick's Wren  6
European Starling  30
American Robin  75
Purple Finch  3
Fox Sparrow  1
Dark-eyed Junco  2
Golden-crowned Sparrow  30
Song Sparrow  30
Spotted Towhee  3
Red-winged Blackbird  83
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's)  35

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S105463071
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