[Tweeters] Wednesday Walk at Billy Frank Jr Nisqually NWR for 6/21/2023

[Shep Thorp]

Hi Tweets

Approximately 30 of us had a very nice first day of Summer at the Refuge
with cool temperatures and a low tide at 2:24pm.  Highlights included FOY
Red-eyed Vireo singing near the Orchard, lots of breeding bird action
throughout the Riparian Forest of the Twin Barns Loop Trail, Virginia Rail
and Blue-winged Teal in the freshwater marsh, and 11 Common Merganser
fledglings with their hen in the Nisqually River.  We had nice mammals as
well including Coyote, Columbian Black-tailed Deer, and a possible
Short-tailed Weasel where the access road cuts across the west side of the
Twin Barns Loop Trail.  See our eBird report pasted below.

Until next week at 8am, happy birding,
Shep
-- 
Shep Thorp
Browns Point
253-370-3742

Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US
Jun 21, 2023 7:48 AM - 4:51 PM
Protocol: Traveling
7.148 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     Wednesday Walk. Mostly sunny with temperatures in
the the 50’s to 70’s degrees Fahrenheit. A Low -1’6” Tide at 2:24pm.
Mammals seen Eastern Cotton-tailed Rabbit, Coyote, Columbian Black-tailed
Deer, Short-tailed Weasel.
67 species (+2 other taxa)

Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima)  40
Wood Duck  14
Blue-winged Teal  3
Gadwall  1
Mallard  60
Ring-necked Duck  1
Hooded Merganser  18
Common Merganser  15
Pied-billed Grebe  1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  5
Band-tailed Pigeon  10
Mourning Dove  2
Anna's Hummingbird  1
Rufous Hummingbird  6
hummingbird sp.  2
Virginia Rail  4
Killdeer  3
Wilson's Snipe  4
Spotted Sandpiper  2     Nisqually River and McAllister Creek
Ring-billed Gull  6
California Gull  100
Glaucous-winged Gull  10
Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)  3
Caspian Tern  8
Brandt's Cormorant  4
Double-crested Cormorant  15
Great Blue Heron  57
Bald Eagle  70     Counted. Probably more. Counted over 60 Eagles on
Nisqually Reach at low tide. Counted approximately 10 Eagles within the
Refuge.
Red-breasted Sapsucker  2
Downy Woodpecker  3
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)  4
Merlin  1
Western Wood-Pewee  8
Willow Flycatcher  12
Pacific-slope Flycatcher  2
Warbling Vireo  3
Red-eyed Vireo  1     Singing near Education Center.
Steller's Jay  2     West Bank of McAllister Creek
American Crow  6
Common Raven  1
Black-capped Chickadee  12
Chestnut-backed Chickadee  2
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  6
Purple Martin  12     Luhr Beach
Tree Swallow  40
Violet-green Swallow  4
Bank Swallow  4
Barn Swallow  40
Cliff Swallow  80
Bushtit  2
Brown Creeper  1
Marsh Wren  10
Bewick's Wren  3
European Starling  50
Swainson's Thrush  39
American Robin  30
Cedar Waxwing  20
Purple Finch  8
American Goldfinch  18
Savannah Sparrow  6
Song Sparrow  43
Spotted Towhee  3
Red-winged Blackbird  50
Brown-headed Cowbird  30
Common Yellowthroat  15
Yellow Warbler  40
Wilson's Warbler  1     Orchard.
Western Tanager  1     West Bank of McAllister Creek.
Black-headed Grosbeak  6

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S142323461
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