[Tweeters] Wednesday walkabout.

[Kenneth Brown]

It was a wreck, actually two wrecks on I-5 that set the tone for the Wednesday Walk.  The attendees coming from parts north had an easier time getting to the Refuge, for those of us coming from the south, it was a different reality.  My normally 10-15 minute commute took 3 hours, I was not alone in my frustration.  Consequently many fewer attended than is typical, and those that did arrived at times staggered over a 2 hour time span.  We were not a cohesive group.  But the birds don't care.  It was warm, bordering on hot with only a slight breeze.  Most of the ducks are gone, but shorebirds are beginning Fall migration.  We may be in the summer doldrums but better times are coming.  The following list is a compilation of the observations of 3 small groups.  Reconciliation of overlapping observation was attempted.
 
Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US
Jul 19, 2023 8:30 AM - 3:40 PM
Protocol: Traveling
6.0 mile(s)
53 species (+2 other taxa)

Canada Goose  40
Wood Duck  18
Mallard  15
Pied-billed Grebe  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  3
Mourning Dove  2
Least Sandpiper  35
peep sp.  10
Long-billed Dowitcher  3
Ring-billed Gull  10
California Gull  40
Glaucous-winged Gull  2
Western/Glaucous-winged Gull  15
Caspian Tern  10
Double-crested Cormorant  6
American Bittern  2
Great Blue Heron  30
Osprey  3
Cooper's Hawk  1
Bald Eagle  30
Belted Kingfisher  2
Downy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  4
Western Wood-Pewee  6
Willow Flycatcher  8
Pacific-slope Flycatcher  2
Warbling Vireo  1
California Scrub-Jay  1
American Crow  15
Black-capped Chickadee  8
Chestnut-backed Chickadee  2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  3
Purple Martin  6
Violet-green Swallow  5
Bank Swallow  2
Barn Swallow  50
Cliff Swallow  30
Brown Creeper  6
Marsh Wren  2
Bewick's Wren  6
European Starling  40
Swainson's Thrush  17
American Robin  12
Cedar Waxwing  20
House Finch  1
American Goldfinch  18
Savannah Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow  20
Spotted Towhee  4
Bullock's Oriole  2
Red-winged Blackbird  30
Brown-headed Cowbird  8
Common Yellowthroat  15
Yellow Warbler  8
Western Tanager  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S145150445
 
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