[Tweeters] Fwd: eBird Report - Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, May 25, 2022

[Kenneth Brown]

Good weather today, overall.  Did not bird the orchard early, as we prefer, because gas powered equipment being used there by the WCC crew overwhelmed the senses of both birds and birders.  The highlight of the day came early with the observation of two Black-necked Stilts in the flooded fields south of the twin barns.  There was an abundance of Western Tanagers and some had a brief look at a female Bullock's Oriole.  A complete list follows:

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> Subject: eBird Report - Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, May 25, 2022

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> Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US

> May 25, 2022 7:36 AM - 3:58 PM

> Protocol: Traveling

> 6.12 mile(s)

> 69 species (+1 other taxa)

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> Canada Goose  60

> Wood Duck  15

> Blue-winged Teal  4

> Cinnamon Teal  8

> Gadwall  7

> American Wigeon  20

> Mallard  50

> Ring-necked Duck  1

> Bufflehead  1     Single female

> Hooded Merganser  18

> Pied-billed Grebe  1

> Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  3

> Mourning Dove  2

> Vaux's Swift  2

> Rufous Hummingbird  3

> Virginia Rail  2

> Sora  2

> Black-necked Stilt  2     2 seen in flooded field adjacent to parking lot.

> Wilson's Snipe  1

> Greater Yellowlegs  2

> Ring-billed Gull  40

> California Gull  10

> Glaucous-winged Gull  4

> Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)  35

> Caspian Tern  100

> Brandt's Cormorant  4

> Double-crested Cormorant  13

> Great Blue Heron  40

> Turkey Vulture  3

> Cooper's Hawk  1

> Bald Eagle  30

> Belted Kingfisher  1

> Red-breasted Sapsucker  2

> Downy Woodpecker  2

> Northern Flicker  1

> Western Wood-Pewee  10

> Willow Flycatcher  10

> Pacific-slope Flycatcher  3

> Hutton's Vireo  1

> Warbling Vireo  5

> Steller's Jay  2

> American Crow  15

> Black-capped Chickadee  1

> Chestnut-backed Chickadee  1

> Northern Rough-winged Swallow  7

> Purple Martin  2

> Tree Swallow  40

> Violet-green Swallow  12

> Barn Swallow  70

> Cliff Swallow  50

> Brown Creeper  4

> Marsh Wren  20

> Bewick's Wren  6

> European Starling  50

> Swainson's Thrush  25     Several observed, most heard over the length of the walk

> American Robin  30

> Cedar Waxwing  45

> Evening Grosbeak  1

> Purple Finch  5

> Pine Siskin  20

> American Goldfinch  12

> Song Sparrow  15

> Bullock's Oriole  1

> Red-winged Blackbird  45

> Brown-headed Cowbird  15

> Common Yellowthroat  20

> Yellow Warbler  22

> Wilson's Warbler  5

> Western Tanager  25

> Black-headed Grosbeak  10

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> View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S111285640

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