[Tweeters] Billy Frank Jr Wednesday Walk 3/15/2023

[Shep Thorp]

Hi Tweets,

Approximately 28 birders enjoyed a beautiful day at the Refuge with partly
sunny skies and temperatures in the 40's to 50's degrees Fahrenheit.  There
was a High 12ft Tide at 10:51am.  Highlights included First of Year
TRUMPETER SWAN, a flock of over 40 birds flying over the Refuge, and RUFOUS
HUMMINGBIRD putting on a good show at the Twin Barns Overlook, and a Dusky
type CANADA GOOSE in the freshwater marsh.  See eBird report pasted below.

We saw 72 species for the day, and have seen 104 species this year.
Mammals seen included Eastern Cotton-tailed Rabbit, Columbian Black-tailed
Deer, Eastern Gray Squirrel, Coyote, and Harbor Seal.

Until next week when we meet again at 8am, happy birding.

Shep

-- 
Shep Thorp
Browns Point
253-370-3742

Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US
Mar 15, 2023 7:10 AM - 4:10 PM
Protocol: Traveling
7.191 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     Wednesday Walk.  Partly sunny with temperatures in
the 40’s to 50’s degrees Fahrenheit. A High 12ft Tide at 10:51am. Mammals
seen Eastern Cotton-tailed Rabbit, Columbian Black-tailed Deer, Coyote, and
Harbor Seal.
72 species (+8 other taxa)

Brant (Black)  18     Mouth of Leschi Slough.
Cackling Goose (minima)  600
Cackling Goose (Taverner's)  6
Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima)  40
Canada Goose (occidentalis/fulva)  1     Observed in the freshwater marsh
with spotting scopes. Single bird separated from other Canada/Cackling
Geese. Large dark brown Canada Goose. Observed for several minutes. Photo.
Trumpeter Swan  40     Fly over, vocalizing.
Wood Duck  1     Visitor Center Pond.
Northern Shoveler  200
Gadwall  75
Eurasian Wigeon  1     McAllister Creek Viewing Platform.
American Wigeon  750
Mallard  100
Northern Pintail  300
Green-winged Teal (American)  600
Ring-necked Duck  9     Visitor Center Pond.
Surf Scoter  40     McAllister Creek.
Bufflehead  120
Common Goldeneye  40
Hooded Merganser  4
Common Merganser  5
Red-breasted Merganser  40
Pied-billed Grebe  5     Visitor Center Pond and flooded field.
Horned Grebe  8     McAllister Creek
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  22
Mourning Dove  3     Orchard.
Anna's Hummingbird  1
Rufous Hummingbird  1     Twin Barns Overlook.
American Coot  100
Semipalmated Plover  3     Three birds relocated in the far right side or
east side of the surge plain. Small single banded plover, slightly larger
than area peeps. Observed foraging on mudflats at 1/4 mile with spotting
scopes.
Dunlin  40
Least Sandpiper  2
peep sp.  12
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Greater Yellowlegs  30
Short-billed Gull  100
Ring-billed Gull  50
Glaucous-winged Gull  1
Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)  4
Larus sp.  100
Common Loon  2
Brandt's Cormorant  9     Nisqually River channel marker.
Double-crested Cormorant  6
Great Blue Heron  10
Northern Harrier  3
Bald Eagle  24     Cottonwood west of Nisqually River north of dike.
Red-tailed Hawk (calurus/alascensis)  1
Belted Kingfisher  1
Red-breasted Sapsucker  2     Maple Trees around Twin Barns.
Downy Woodpecker (Pacific)  3
Northern Flicker  2
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)  1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted x Red-shafted)  1
American Kestrel  1
American Crow  100
Common Raven  2
Black-capped Chickadee  18
Chestnut-backed Chickadee  3
Tree Swallow  20
Violet-green Swallow  4
Tree/Violet-green Swallow  10
Bushtit  4
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  10
Golden-crowned Kinglet  10
Brown Creeper  5
Pacific Wren  1
Marsh Wren  6
Bewick's Wren  6
European Starling  300
Varied Thrush  1     Orchard.
American Robin  100
Purple Finch  3
Fox Sparrow (Sooty)  2
White-crowned Sparrow (pugetensis)  2
Golden-crowned Sparrow  20
Song Sparrow  28
Spotted Towhee  6
Western Meadowlark  2     Grassy area between surge plain and Leschi Slough.
Red-winged Blackbird  20
Orange-crowned Warbler (lutescens)  1     Orchard.
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's)  15

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S131007691
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