[Tweeters] Wednesday Walk at Billy Frank Jr Nisqually NWR for
12/20/2023
Shep Thorp
shepthorp at gmail.com
Thu Dec 21 14:48:49 PST 2023
Dear Tweets,
Approximately 25 of us had a very cheery walk at the Refuge despite the
foggy conditions. Temperatures were in the 30's to 50's degrees Fahrenheit
with a High 14'1" Tide at 11:48am. Highlights included a
--
Shep Thorp
Browns Point
253-370-3742
Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US
Dec 20, 2023 7:37 AM - 4:07 PM
Protocol: Traveling
7.19 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Wednesday Walk. Foggy with temperatures in the 30’s
to 50’s. A High 14”1’ Tide at 11:48am. Mammals seen Eastern Cotton-tailed
Rabbit, Eastern Gray Squirrel, Harbor Seal.
67 species (+4 other taxa)
Cackling Goose (minima) 1000
Cackling Goose (Taverner's) 6
Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) 40
Northern Shoveler 100
Gadwall 30
Eurasian Wigeon 1 Shannon Slough
American Wigeon 600
Mallard 300
Northern Pintail 200
Green-winged Teal 1500
Ring-necked Duck 3 Visitor Center.
Surf Scoter 10
Black Scoter 1 Continuing rarity seen from the McAllister Creek
Viewing Platform. Photo. Short billed diving sea duck with light cheeks.
Loosely associated with Surf Scoters.
Bufflehead 115
Common Goldeneye 15
Hooded Merganser 4 Surge plain
Horned Grebe 2
Anna's Hummingbird 2 Orchard and West End parking lot.
Virginia Rail 1 Flooded field south of Twin Barns. Spotted by Tom.
American Coot 50
Long-billed Dowitcher 20 Freshwater marsh.
Wilson's Snipe 3 Spotted by Miles and Jon. Flooded field south of Twin
Barns and just north of the restricted old McAllister Creek Access Road.
Spotted Sandpiper 1 West side of McAllister Creek
Greater Yellowlegs 40
Dunlin 2000
Least Sandpiper 30
Western Sandpiper 4 Possibly more. Located one in freshwater water
marsh with 2000 Dunlin. Three additional located with small group of Dunlin
on strip of marsh during high tide just east of Puget Sound Observation
Platform. Peep sized shorebird with white throat, shorter bill then Dunlin
and lighter gray back.
Short-billed Gull 50
Ring-billed Gull 50
Glaucous-winged Gull 2
Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 4
Western/Glaucous-winged Gull 10
Red-throated Loon 3 Shannon Slough and Nisqually Reach.
Double-crested Cormorant 6
Great Blue Heron 50
Northern Harrier 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Spotted by Tom along the slough adjacent to the
Twin Barns.
Bald Eagle 8
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Barred Owl 1 Education Center Parking Lot.
Northern Saw-whet Owl 1 Spotted by Whittier in small Cedar near the
West Side Parking Lot from designated trail.
Belted Kingfisher 3
Red-breasted Sapsucker 1 Orchard.
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 3
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted x Red-shafted) 1
American Crow 250
Common Raven 1
Black-capped Chickadee 11
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 6
Golden-crowned Kinglet 15
Brown Creeper 5
Pacific Wren 3
Marsh Wren 11
Bewick's Wren 4
European Starling 100
American Robin 20
House Finch 2
Purple Finch 1
Pine Siskin 20
Fox Sparrow (Sooty) 4
White-crowned Sparrow (pugetensis) 1 Aqueduct under dike.
Golden-crowned Sparrow 25
Song Sparrow 27
Lincoln's Sparrow 1 New dike or Nisqually Estuary Trail.
Spotted Towhee 5
Western Meadowlark 3 Nisqually Estuary Trail.
Red-winged Blackbird 30
Orange-crowned Warbler (lutescens) 1 Spotted by Tim in Orchard.
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S156824202
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