[Tweeters] Wednesday Walk at Billy Frank Jr Nisqually NWR for 1/11/2023

[Shep Thorp]

Hi Tweets,

approximately 30 of us had a really nice winter's day of birding at the
Refuge.  A mostly sunny day with temperatures in the 40's to 50's, there
was a High 14.6ft Tide at 8:57am.  Highlights included a single GREATER
WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE with a small group of CANADA GOOSE; LESSER SCAUP flying
into the flooded field south of the old McAllister Creek Access Road;
NORTHERN SHRIKE in the trees that run along the restricted Central Access
Road south of the Twin Barns; RING-NECKED PHEASANT were the Access Road
intersects with the Nisqually Estuary Trail or new dike - nice sightings of
LINCOLN SPARROW in this area as well; and upwards of a dozen WESTERN
SANDPIPER mixed in with a flock of 1000 DUNLIN on the tidal mudflats.

We observed 76 species for the day and have seen 94 species this year.
Mammals seen included Harbor Seal, Steller Sea Lion, and Coyote.  See eBird
list pasted below.

Until next week when we meet again at 8am, happy birding!

Shep

-- 
Shep Thorp
Browns Point
253-370-3742

Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US
Jan 11, 2023 7:50 AM - 4:33 PM
Protocol: Traveling
6.529 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     Wednesday Walk. Mostly sunny with temperatures in
the 40’s to 50’s degrees Fahrenheit. A High 14.6ft Tide at 8:57am and a Low
6.5ft Tide at 3:10pm.  Mammals seen Eastern Gray Squirrel, Harbor Seal,
Steller Sea Lion, and Coyote.
76 species (+5 other taxa)

Greater White-fronted Goose  1
Cackling Goose (minima)  650
Cackling Goose (Taverner's)  1
Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima)  45
Northern Shoveler  250
Gadwall  25
Eurasian Wigeon  2
American Wigeon  1000
Mallard  300
Northern Pintail  500
Green-winged Teal  500
Ring-necked Duck  8
Greater Scaup  3
Lesser Scaup  2
Surf Scoter  1
White-winged Scoter  25
Bufflehead  150
Common Goldeneye  45
Hooded Merganser  3
Common Merganser  5
Red-breasted Merganser  30
Ring-necked Pheasant  2
Pied-billed Grebe  1
Horned Grebe  6
Anna's Hummingbird  2
American Coot  80
Killdeer  1
Dunlin  1000
Least Sandpiper  100
Western Sandpiper  10     Counted, probably more. Mixed in with a flock of
1000 Dunlin. Smaller, shorter bill, white throat in comparison to Dunlin.
Least Sandpipers in group looked browner with streaks on throat and breast.
Wilson's Snipe  1
Spotted Sandpiper  2
Greater Yellowlegs  25
Short-billed Gull  125
Ring-billed Gull  75
Glaucous-winged Gull  2
Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)  2
Western/Glaucous-winged Gull  30
Larus sp.  100
Common Loon  1
Brandt's Cormorant  11
Pelagic Cormorant  1
Double-crested Cormorant  10
Great Blue Heron  20
Northern Harrier  3
Sharp-shinned Hawk  1
Cooper's Hawk  2
Bald Eagle  14
Red-tailed Hawk  4
Belted Kingfisher  3
Red-breasted Sapsucker  1
Downy/Hairy Woodpecker  2
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)  4
American Kestrel  1
Peregrine Falcon  1
Northern Shrike  1
American Crow  200
Common Raven  2
Black-capped Chickadee  40
Chestnut-backed Chickadee  1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  15
Golden-crowned Kinglet  20
Brown Creeper  5
Pacific Wren  6
Marsh Wren  4
Bewick's Wren  4
European Starling  50
Varied Thrush  2
American Robin  30
Purple Finch  1
American Goldfinch  2
Fox Sparrow (Sooty)  3
White-crowned Sparrow (pugetensis)  5
Golden-crowned Sparrow  30
Song Sparrow  15
Lincoln's Sparrow  3
Spotted Towhee  3
Western Meadowlark  1
Red-winged Blackbird  150
Orange-crowned Warbler  1
Yellow-rumped Warbler  30

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S125973514
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