[Tweeters] Nisqually - Wednesday Walk
Kenneth Brown
kenbrownpls at comcast.net
Wed May 3 19:49:11 PDT 2023
Hi Tweeters
Today was another gorgeous day at the Billy Frank Jr Nisqually NWR. In the absence of our accustomed leader (Shep the Beneficent) 25 or so of us muddled on, consoled by the lovely weather and several FOY birds. We started off at the orchard where Bushtits were feeding young in their cozy sock, spotting Yellow Warblers and Western Tanagers, then reversed our usual route and followed the east side of the loop trail, hoping to get the Great-horned Owl we had last week, to no avail. Black-throated Gray and Wilson's Warblers, Pacific-slope Flycatcher, Warbling Vireo and Cedar Waxwings (the last two were heard only) made that loss less painful. A Bullock's Oriole was seen by a few in the Big leaf Maples by the Twin Barns. Ducks were lower in number, and shorebirds almost non-existent (with the exception of 17 Whimbrel and 1 lonely Greater Yellow-legs) along the dike and out along the McCallister Creek boardwalk. The list follows:
Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US
May 3, 2023 8:04 AM - 2:55 PM
Protocol: Traveling
5.03 mile(s)
75 species (+3 other taxa)
Greater White-fronted Goose 5
Cackling Goose 50
Canada Goose 30 5 goslings
Wood Duck 2
Cinnamon Teal 2
Northern Shoveler 60
Gadwall 8
American Wigeon 30
Mallard 13
Northern Pintail 20
Canvasback 1
Ring-necked Duck 3
Surf Scoter 1
Bufflehead 100
Common Goldeneye 4
Hooded Merganser 2
Common Merganser 5
Pied-billed Grebe 1
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 4
Mourning Dove 4
Anna's Hummingbird 1
Rufous Hummingbird 6 2 female
Virginia Rail 1 Heard only.
American Coot 50
Whimbrel 17 3 on mud, flock of 14 more flew in, seen and counted by at least 5 birders.
Greater Yellowlegs 1
shorebird sp. 50 One flock, all uniform in size and coloring, looked to be plover sized. Gone before identified.
Short-billed Gull 36 Counted individually.
Ring-billed Gull 40
Glaucous-winged Gull 2
Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 15
Larus sp. 50
Caspian Tern 6
Brandt's Cormorant 3
Double-crested Cormorant 2
Great Blue Heron 10
Turkey Vulture 2
Osprey 1
Bald Eagle 25
Downy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 2
Pacific-slope Flycatcher 1
Warbling Vireo 4 Heard only.
Steller's Jay 1
American Crow 12
Common Raven 5
Black-capped Chickadee 15
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 1
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 8
Purple Martin 2
Tree Swallow 75
Violet-green Swallow 5
Barn Swallow 100
Cliff Swallow 40
Bushtit 3
Brown Creeper 3
Marsh Wren 15
Bewick's Wren 4
European Starling 8
American Robin 25
Cedar Waxwing 4
Purple Finch 6
American Goldfinch 8
White-crowned Sparrow 2
Golden-crowned Sparrow 3
Savannah Sparrow 3
Song Sparrow 25
Spotted Towhee 3
Bullock's Oriole 1
Red-winged Blackbird 40
Brown-headed Cowbird 6
Orange-crowned Warbler 3
Common Yellowthroat 8
Yellow Warbler 20
Yellow-rumped Warbler 8 (2 Myrtle)
Black-throated Gray Warbler 2
Wilson's Warbler 2
Western Tanager 3
View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S135975939
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