[Tweeters] Wednesday walk

[Kenneth Brown via Tweeters]

 Two dozen dedicated, dutiful but disorganized birders participated in the walk this week.  The summer weather was moderate in the morning, overcast and high 60's to low 70's.  It warmed in the afternoon as the cloud cover burned off  reaching 81 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of the walk.  The tide was low at the start (0.04') and rose to 11.3' by 4:30 pm.  We followed our typical route and saw mostly the typical species, dipping on Red-tailed Hawk, and the green Heron reported recently.  Highlights include a Great Egret, Lesser Yellowlegs and Semi-palmated Sandpiper.  The complete list follows.
 
Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Olympia US-WA 47.07225, -122.71205, Thurston, Washington, US
Aug 14, 2024 7:58 AM - 3:58 PM
Protocol: Traveling
5.25 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     Mammal watch:  Harbor Seals, Townsend's Chipmunk,  coyote, Black-tailed Deer.
68 species (+6 other taxa)

Canada Goose  55
Wood Duck  8
Blue-winged/Cinnamon Teal  4
Mallard  110
Northern Pintail  4
Pied-billed Grebe  1
Band-tailed Pigeon  6
Eurasian Collared-Dove  1
Anna's Hummingbird  4
hummingbird sp.  1
Semipalmated Plover  18     Counted 1x1.
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Lesser Yellowlegs  1
Greater Yellowlegs  8
Least Sandpiper  80
Western Sandpiper  15
Semipalmated Sandpiper  1
Ring-billed Gull  130
California Gull  6
Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)  5
Western/Glaucous-winged Gull  3
Larus sp.  200
Caspian Tern  1
Brandt's Cormorant  4
Double-crested Cormorant  18
cormorant sp.  60
Great Egret  1
Great Blue Heron  45
Osprey  1
Northern Harrier  1
Bald Eagle  8
Belted Kingfisher  4
Red-breasted Sapsucker  2
Downy Woodpecker  5
Hairy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker  3
Peregrine Falcon  1
Western Wood-Pewee  10
Willow Flycatcher  7
Western Flycatcher  2
Warbling Vireo  2
California Scrub-Jay  1
Common Raven  2
Black-capped Chickadee  6
Chestnut-backed Chickadee  3
Bank Swallow  1
Tree Swallow  5
Violet-green Swallow  12
Purple Martin  10
Barn Swallow  120
Cliff Swallow  2
Bushtit  2
Brown Creeper  4
Bewick's Wren  3
European Starling  500
Swainson's Thrush  9
American Robin  4
Cedar Waxwing  50
House Finch  4
Pine Siskin  2
American Goldfinch  25
Dark-eyed Junco  1
White-crowned Sparrow  12
Song Sparrow  15
Spotted Towhee  1
Red-winged Blackbird  150
Brown-headed Cowbird  6
MacGillivray's Warbler  1
Common Yellowthroat  3
Yellow Warbler  8
Black-throated Gray Warbler  3
Wilson's Warbler  1
Western Tanager  1
Black-headed Grosbeak  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S191463240
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