[Tweeters] Wednesday Walk at Billy Frank Jr Nisqually NWR for 11/20/2024

[Shep Thorp via Tweeters]

Hi Tweets,

Approximately 25 of us enjoyed a nice day at the Refuge with intermittent
light rain and temperatures in the 40's to 50's.  There was a High 14'6"
Tide at 9:51am and a Low 7'11" Tide at 3:50pm.  Fortunately the Refuge did
not have any fallen trees from the recent windstorm which has continued to
affect many areas in King County, so all trails were open.  Highlights
included nice numbers of GREATER YELLOWLEGS, LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER and
WILSON'S SNIPE in the flooded fields and on the dike, continuing SNOW GOOSE
and BRANT GOOSE with our large flock of wintering CACKLING GEESE, the
return of COMMON GOLDENEYE to McAllister Creek, nice looks of a Thayer's
type ICELAND GULL, and a SHARP-SHINNED HAWK ambitiously chasing a PILEATED
WOODPECKER in the Riparian Forest.

For the day we observed 73 species and have seen 169 species this year.
See our eBird report pasted below with photos embedded.

Until next week when we meet again at 8am at the Visitor Center Pond
Overlook, happy birding.

Shep

-- 
Shep Thorp
Browns Point
253-370-3742

Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US
Nov 20, 2024 7:33 AM - 3:47 PM
Protocol: Traveling
6.7 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     Wednesday Walk. Mostly cloudy with intermittent
light rain and temperatures in the 40’s to 50’s degrees Fahrenheit. A High
14’6” Tide at 9:51am and Low 7’11” Tide at 3:50pm.  Mammals seen Columbian
Black-tailed Deer, Eastern Gray Squirrel, Harbor Seal and Eastern
Cotton-tailed Rabbit.
73 species (+4 other taxa)

Snow Goose  3
Greater White-fronted Goose (Western)  1
Brant (Black)  1     In flock of Cackling Geese, photo.
Cackling Goose (minima)  2000
Cackling Goose (Taverner's)  20
Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima)  24
Trumpeter Swan  7
Northern Shoveler  100
Gadwall  22
Eurasian Wigeon  1
American Wigeon  800
Mallard  250
Northern Pintail  1200
Green-winged Teal (American)  800
Lesser Scaup  1
Surf Scoter  48
Bufflehead  100
Common Goldeneye  6
Hooded Merganser  4
Red-breasted Merganser  15
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  45
Anna's Hummingbird  1
Virginia Rail  1
American Coot  6
Long-billed Dowitcher  20
Wilson's Snipe  15
Spotted Sandpiper  2
Greater Yellowlegs  40
Dunlin  150
Least Sandpiper  6
Bonaparte's Gull  101
Short-billed Gull  225
Ring-billed Gull  50
California Gull  3
Glaucous-winged Gull  1
Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)  6
Western/Glaucous-winged Gull  20
Iceland Gull (Thayer's)  1
Pied-billed Grebe  2
Common Loon  2
Brandt's Cormorant  10
Double-crested Cormorant  25
Great Blue Heron (Great Blue)  20
Sharp-shinned Hawk  2
Cooper's Hawk  1
Northern Harrier  2
Bald Eagle  13
Red-tailed Hawk  3
Belted Kingfisher  3
Downy Woodpecker (Pacific)  4
Hairy Woodpecker (Pacific)  1
Pileated Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  2
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)  1
Peregrine Falcon  1
American Crow  150
Black-capped Chickadee  20
Chestnut-backed Chickadee  2
Bushtit (Pacific)  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  15
Golden-crowned Kinglet  30
Brown Creeper  4
Pacific Wren (pacificus Group)  4
Marsh Wren  6
Bewick's Wren (spilurus Group)  8
European Starling  50
American Robin  15
Purple Finch (Western)  3
Pine Siskin  100
Fox Sparrow (Sooty)  4
Golden-crowned Sparrow  25
Song Sparrow (rufina Group)  20
Lincoln's Sparrow  3
Spotted Towhee (oregonus Group)  3
Western Meadowlark  5
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  5
Orange-crowned Warbler (lutescens)  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S203141030
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