[Tweeters] Wednesday at Nisqually

[Tom Bowden]

Sent on behalf of Ken Brown

Tom Bowden
Lacey, WA


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>> The number of birders today was a bit smaller than usual, probably due to the cool temperature and wet weather we had yesterday, but it was dry during the entire walk.  Once again we missed having our faithful leader, still off on an adventure, but we muddled through.  Highlights were a Northern Shrike, a fly-over of seven Trumpeter/Tundra Swans (seen later roosting) and another group of six Trumpeter Swans near the mouth of the Nisqually River.  An extended discussion over the ID of a lone distant plover was educational if never satisfactorily resolved. (the bird flew unobserved and was counted as a Black-bellied) The complete species list follows:

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

>> Oct 26, 2022 7:55 AM - 2:37 PM

>> Protocol: Traveling

>> 5.13 mile(s)

>> Checklist Comments:     Mammals seen:  Coyote, Townsend's Chipmunk, Eastern Gray Squirrel, Harbor Seals.

>> 73 species (+3 other taxa)

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>> Snow Goose  1

>> Cackling Goose  1500

>> Canada Goose  30

>> Trumpeter Swan  6

>> Trumpeter/Tundra Swan  7

>> Wood Duck  9

>> Northern Shoveler  5

>> Eurasian Wigeon  1

>> American Wigeon  400

>> Mallard  60

>> Northern Pintail  300

>> Green-winged Teal  1500

>> Ring-necked Duck  4

>> Surf Scoter  5

>> Hooded Merganser  4

>> Common Merganser  4

>> Pied-billed Grebe  1

>> Horned Grebe  1

>> Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  5

>> Anna's Hummingbird  1

>> American Coot  2

>> Black-bellied Plover  2

>> Killdeer  2

>> Dunlin  6

>> Least Sandpiper  40

>> Wilson's Snipe  3

>> Spotted Sandpiper  1

>> Greater Yellowlegs  20

>> Short-billed Gull  3

>> Ring-billed Gull  300

>> Glaucous-winged Gull  2

>> Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)  6

>> Red-throated Loon  1

>> Common Loon  2

>> Brandt's Cormorant  8

>> Double-crested Cormorant  12

>> Great Blue Heron  15

>> Northern Harrier  1

>> Cooper's Hawk  1

>> Accipiter sp.  1

>> Bald Eagle  6

>> Red-tailed Hawk  2

>> Belted Kingfisher  2

>> Downy Woodpecker  1

>> Pileated Woodpecker  1

>> Northern Flicker  4

>> American Kestrel  1

>> Merlin  1

>> Peregrine Falcon  1

>> Northern Shrike  1

>> Steller's Jay  1

>> American Crow  200

>> Common Raven  3

>> Black-capped Chickadee  25

>> Chestnut-backed Chickadee  4

>> Ruby-crowned Kinglet  4

>> Golden-crowned Kinglet  20

>> Brown Creeper  2

>> Pacific Wren  2

>> Marsh Wren  1

>> Bewick's Wren  2

>> European Starling  350

>> American Robin  50

>> Cedar Waxwing  7

>> American Pipit  3

>> American Goldfinch  12

>> Fox Sparrow  4

>> Golden-crowned Sparrow  30

>> Savannah Sparrow  5

>> Song Sparrow  12

>> Lincoln's Sparrow  1

>> Spotted Towhee  6

>> Western Meadowlark  3

>> Red-winged Blackbird  75

>> Orange-crowned Warbler  1

>> Yellow-rumped Warbler  3

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>> View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S121364366 <https://ebird.org/checklist/S121364366>


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