[Tweeters] Wednesday Walk, Billy Frank Jr Nisqually NWR, 4/27/2022

[Shep Thorp]

Hi Tweets,

We had a really nice spring day at the Refuge despite the intermittent rain
and hail.  Partly cloudy skies with temperatures in the 40's-50's degree
Fahrenheit.  Highlights included both LONG-BILLED DOWITCHERS and
SHORT-BILLED DOWITCHERS, high count of YELLOW-RUMPED WARBLER and VAUX'S
SWIFT, FOY WARBLING VIREO and WHIMBREL, as well reports of PACIFIC-SLOPE
FLYCATCHER.  The bird of the day for most of us was the 4 Orca Whale seen
between the Nisqually Reach and Anderson Island from the Puget Sound
Viewing Platform.  Other mammals seen included River Otter and Muskrat.  We
observed 87 species for the day, and have seen 129 species for the year.
Until next week when we bird again, happy birding.

Shep
eBird list pasted.
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Shep Thorp
Browns Point
253-370-3742

Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US
Apr 27, 2022 6:52 AM - 4:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
7.86 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     Wednesday Walk. Partly cloudy with intermittent
showers, temperature in the 40’s to 50’s degree Fahrenheit. A Low 2.83ft
Tide at 10:55am and a High 10.87ft Tide at 4:33pm. Mammals seen Eastern
Cotton-tailed Rabbit, Eastern Gray Squirrel, Columbian Black-tailed Deer,
River Otter, Muskrat, Harbor Seal, Orca(4 whale, one large male).
87 species (+7 other taxa)

Cackling Goose (minima)  8
Canada Goose  60
Wood Duck  6
Cinnamon Teal  1
Northern Shoveler  250
Gadwall  30
Eurasian Wigeon  2
American Wigeon  175
Mallard  100
Mallard (Domestic type)  1
Northern Pintail  60
Green-winged Teal  1000
Green-winged Teal (Eurasian x American)  1     Continuing. Seen from the
Twin Barn Overlook. Predominantly horizontal white line between folded wing
and side, very slight vertical line from shoulder. Observed by many at
100-200 feet with spotting scopes.
Ring-necked Duck  10
Surf Scoter  2
Bufflehead  150
Common Goldeneye  11
Hooded Merganser  6
Common Merganser  16
Red-breasted Merganser  8
Pied-billed Grebe  2
Horned Grebe  4
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  10
Mourning Dove  1
Vaux's Swift  150
Anna's Hummingbird  3
Rufous Hummingbird  2
American Coot  50
Black-bellied Plover  3
Semipalmated Plover  2
Killdeer  1
Whimbrel  6
Dunlin  20
Least Sandpiper  400
Western Sandpiper  150
Short-billed Dowitcher  23     Two groups observed in the tidal estuary
along the Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk Trail. First group of 20 dowitchers
flew directly overhead within 50 feet and distinctive “tu, tu” call. The
second group of three observed foraging on the mudflats with spotted sides
of neck and sides. As these birds flew, also vocalizing “tu, tu”.
Long-billed Dowitcher  4
Spotted Sandpiper  2
Greater Yellowlegs  30
Pigeon Guillemot  2
Short-billed Gull  100
Ring-billed Gull  100
Glaucous-winged Gull  1
Western/Glaucous-winged Gull  15
Larus sp.  200
Caspian Tern  20     Banded Bird. Right Leg:black on yellow J987; Left Leg:
Orange, Green, Silver.
Brandt's Cormorant  4
Double-crested Cormorant  10
Great Blue Heron  18
Osprey  1
Bald Eagle  45
Belted Kingfisher  1
Downy Woodpecker  1
Northern Flicker  1
American Kestrel  3
Pacific-slope Flycatcher  1
Warbling Vireo  4
Steller's Jay  2
American Crow  8
Black-capped Chickadee  6
Chestnut-backed Chickadee  1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  6
Tree Swallow  40
Violet-green Swallow  80
Tree/Violet-green Swallow  80
Bank Swallow  4     Flying over flooded fields in the morning. Small brown
topped swallow with white throat and neck-tie.
Barn Swallow  20
Cliff Swallow  100
Bushtit  4
Brown Creeper  1
Pacific Wren  1
Marsh Wren  6
Bewick's Wren  4
European Starling  30
American Robin  60
House Finch  1
Purple Finch  5
Pine Siskin  4
American Goldfinch  8
Dark-eyed Junco  1
White-crowned Sparrow  4
Golden-crowned Sparrow  15
Savannah Sparrow  12
Song Sparrow  15
Spotted Towhee  2
Red-winged Blackbird  60
Brown-headed Cowbird  20
Orange-crowned Warbler  8
Common Yellowthroat  12
Yellow Warbler  6
Yellow-rumped Warbler  50
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  20
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's)  40
Townsend's Warbler  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S108256008
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