[Tweeters] Wednesday Walk at Billy Frank Jr Nisqually NWR for 4/20/2023

[Shep Thorp]

Hi Tweets,

Approximately 30 of us braved the chilly wet weather but were rewarded with
many nice sightings and good spring activity.  We had cloudy skies with
intermittent rain and hail, temperatures in the 30's to 50's degrees
Fahrenheit.  There was a Low 0.3ft Tide at 12:09pm.  Highlights included
FOY NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOW and HERMIT THRUSH; COOPER'S HAWK in the
Orchard, WILSON'S SNIPE in the flooded fields south of the Twin Barns,
SHARP-SHINNED HAWK on the west side of the Twin Barns Loop Trail, GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE mixed in with CACKLING GEESE, and a EURASIAN
GREEN-WINGED TEAL and EURASIAN WIGEON at the McAllister Creek Viewing
Platform.

We observed 83 species for the day and have seen 117 species for the year.
Mammals seen included Coyote, Eastern Cotton-tailed Rabbit, Eastern Gray
Squirrel, and Harbor Seal.  See eBird list attached.

Until next week, happy birding,
Shep

-- 
Shep Thorp
Browns Point
253-370-3742

Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US
Apr 19, 2023 6:21 AM - 3:44 PM
Protocol: Traveling
8.557 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     Wednesday Walk. Cloudy with intermittent rain and
hail. Temperatures in the 30’s to 50’s degrees Fahrenheit. A Low 0’3” Tide
at 12:09pm. Mammals seen Coyote, Eastern Cotton-tailed Rabbit, Eastern Gray
Squirrel, Harbor Seal, Bullfrog, Pacific Chorus Frog.
83 species (+9 other taxa)

Greater White-fronted Goose (Western)  1
Brant (Black)  20     Nisqually Reach
Cackling Goose (minima)  1200
Cackling Goose (Taverner's)  100
Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima)  20
Wood Duck  7
Cinnamon Teal  1
Northern Shoveler  150
Gadwall  100
Eurasian Wigeon  2
American Wigeon  300
Mallard  75
Northern Pintail  70
Green-winged Teal (Eurasian)  1     Seen from McAllister Creek Viewing
Platform.  Photo.
Green-winged Teal (American)  1000
Green-winged Teal (Eurasian x American)  1     Prominent horizontal bar,
visible vertical bar as well. Seen in freshwater marsh.
dabbling duck sp.  1000     Nisqually Reach.
Ring-necked Duck  18
Bufflehead  150
Common Goldeneye  75     Counted. McAllister Creek, Nisqually Reach, and
Nisqually River.
Hooded Merganser  6
Common Merganser (North American)  11     Nisqually River.
Red-breasted Merganser  35     McAllister Creek
Pied-billed Grebe  3
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  6
Mourning Dove  1
Rufous Hummingbird  15
Virginia Rail  1
American Coot  200
Killdeer  2
Least Sandpiper  2
Wilson's Snipe  2
Spotted Sandpiper  1
Greater Yellowlegs  25
Short-billed Gull  200
Ring-billed Gull  35
California Gull  1
Glaucous-winged Gull  3
Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)  12
Western/Glaucous-winged Gull  20
Caspian Tern  2
Common Loon  2     Heard.
Brandt's Cormorant  11
Double-crested Cormorant  5
Great Blue Heron  30
Turkey Vulture  1
Osprey  1
Northern Harrier  1
Sharp-shinned Hawk (Northern)  1
Cooper's Hawk  1
Bald Eagle  56
Red-tailed Hawk (calurus/alascensis)  1
Downy Woodpecker (Pacific)  4
Northern Flicker  1
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)  2
American Kestrel  1
Steller's Jay (Coastal)  4
American Crow  12
Common Raven  2
Black-capped Chickadee  10
Chestnut-backed Chickadee  8
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  3
Tree Swallow  50
Violet-green Swallow  51
Barn Swallow (American)  50
Cliff Swallow (pyrrhonota Group)  100
Bushtit (Pacific)  2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  10
Golden-crowned Kinglet  2
Brown Creeper  6
Marsh Wren  6
Bewick's Wren  6
European Starling  100
Hermit Thrush  1
American Robin  61
House Finch  2
Purple Finch (Western)  5
American Goldfinch  10
Fox Sparrow (Sooty)  1
Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)  1
White-crowned Sparrow (pugetensis)  4
Golden-crowned Sparrow  15
Savannah Sparrow (Savannah)  5
Song Sparrow  28
Spotted Towhee (oregonus Group)  3
Red-winged Blackbird (Red-winged)  45
Brown-headed Cowbird  8
Orange-crowned Warbler (lutescens)  2
Common Yellowthroat  12
Yellow-rumped Warbler  4
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)  10
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's)  10

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S134335642
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