[Tweeters] Wednesday at Nisqually

[Kenneth Brown via Tweeters]

The last Wednesday Walk of Summer started with cool, cloudy weather.  It finally turned sunny in mid afternoon, a notification of the passing of one season,  anticipation of the next, highlighted by the first of the season overflight of 100+ Cackling Geese.  The sound and sight of fall returning.  Not a day of rarities, but a nice mix of the more common species.  Autumn arrives.  The complete list follows:
 
 
Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Olympia US-WA 47.07225, -122.71205, Thurston, Washington, US
Sep 18, 2024 7:50 AM - 3:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
5.25 mile(s)
71 species (+5 other taxa)

Cackling Goose  100     First flock for the Wednesday Walk.
Canada Goose  1
Wood Duck  3
Northern Shoveler  2
Gadwall  2
American Wigeon  20
Mallard  200
Northern Pintail  100
Green-winged Teal  200
Hooded Merganser  1
duck sp.  300
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  20
Mourning Dove  3
Anna's Hummingbird  5
Virginia Rail  1
Killdeer  1
Whimbrel  1
Long-billed Dowitcher  9
Wilson's Snipe  3
Spotted Sandpiper  2
Greater Yellowlegs  30
Least Sandpiper  25
Western Sandpiper  10
Short-billed Gull  2
Ring-billed Gull  250
Glaucous-winged Gull  4
Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)  8
Western/Glaucous-winged Gull  25
Larus sp.  500
Double-crested Cormorant  75
cormorant sp.  75
Great Blue Heron  30
Osprey  1
Northern Harrier  1
Cooper's Hawk  1
Bald Eagle  6
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Belted Kingfisher  1
Downy Woodpecker  4
Hairy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  7
American Kestrel  1
Merlin  1
Peregrine Falcon  2
Western Wood-Pewee  1
American Crow  10
Common Raven  7
Black-capped Chickadee  16
Chestnut-backed Chickadee  3
Barn Swallow  30
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  4
Golden-crowned Kinglet  5
Brown Creeper  2
Marsh Wren  1
Bewick's Wren  3
European Starling  150
Swainson's Thrush  1
American Robin  40
Cedar Waxwing  15
American Pipit  30
House Finch  1
Purple Finch  1
Pine Siskin  1
White-crowned Sparrow  3
Golden-crowned Sparrow  9
White-throated Sparrow  1
Savannah Sparrow  12
Song Sparrow  15
Lincoln's Sparrow  4
Spotted Towhee  5
Red-winged Blackbird  10
Orange-crowned Warbler  3
Common Yellowthroat  8
Yellow Warbler  2
Yellow-rumped Warbler  1
Wilson's Warbler  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S195635739
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