[Tweeters] Wednesday Walk at Billy Frank Jr Nisqually NWR for 7/17/2024

[Shep Thorp via Tweeters]

Hi Tweets,

Approximately 35 of us had a relatively cool day at the Refuge with
overcast skies in the morning, sunny skies in the afternoon and
Temperatures in the 60's-80's degrees Fahrenheit.  There was a Low -0'4"
Tide at 9:24am, so we did our routine walk.  Highlights included a good
diversity of juvenile species with observation of WOOD DUCK, YELLOW
WARBLER, SWAINSON'S THRUSH, DOWNY WOODPECKER, AMERICAN ROBIN, COMMON
YELLOWTHROAT, BARN SWALLOW, TREE SWALLOW, CINNAMON TEAL, BLUE-WINGED TEAL,
RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER  and BALD EAGLE, a few nice sightings of WILSON
WARBLER on the Twin Barns Loop Trail, and breeding plumage LONG-BILLED
DOWITCHER and GREATER YELLOWLEGS on the Nisqually Estuary Trail.

For the day we observed close to 70 species and did not see anything new
for the year.  See our eBird report pasted below with photos embedded.  We
struggled to distinguish juvenile Cinnamon Teal from Blue-winged Teal.

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
Jul 17, 2024 6:30 AM - 3:30 PM
Protocol: Traveling
8.0 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     Wednesday Walk. Cloudy in the morning, sunny in the
afternoon. Temperatures in the 60’s to 80’s degrees Fahrenheit. A Low-0’4”
Tide at 9:24am.  Mammals seen Columbian Black-tailed Deer, Eastern
Cotton-tailed Rabbit, Townsend’s Chipmunk, and Harbor Seal.  Others seen
Red-eared Slider, and Pacific Tree Frog. 🐸
70 species (+5 other taxa)

Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima)  65
Wood Duck  16     Visitor Center Pond and Freshwater Marsh.
Blue-winged Teal  1     Freshwater Marsh
Cinnamon Teal  3     Freshwater Marsh
Blue-winged/Cinnamon Teal  7
Mallard  100
Hooded Merganser  3     Visitor Center Pond.
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)  4     Entrance Gate
Band-tailed Pigeon  10     Orchard.
Mourning Dove  6     Nisqually River Overlook, and Orchard.
Vaux's Swift  3
Anna's Hummingbird  1
Rufous Hummingbird  1
hummingbird sp.  1
Virginia Rail  2
Killdeer  2
Long-billed Dowitcher  9
Greater Yellowlegs  7
Least Sandpiper  36
Ring-billed Gull  185
California Gull  25
Glaucous-winged Gull  4
Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)  12
Western/Glaucous-winged Gull  25
Larus sp.  150
Caspian Tern  4
Brandt's Cormorant  5
Double-crested Cormorant  45
Great Blue Heron  125
Northern Harrier  1     Seen by Sheryl along Nisqually Estuary Trail.
Cooper's Hawk  1     Seen by Steve at Visitor Center Pond Overlook.
Bald Eagle  7     Occupied nest McAllister Hill West Bank of McAllister
Creek from Puget Sound Observation Platform.
Red-tailed Hawk  1
Belted Kingfisher  2
Red-breasted Sapsucker  2
Downy Woodpecker  3
Northern Flicker  3
Western Wood-Pewee  6
Willow Flycatcher  3
Western Flycatcher (Pacific-slope)  1
Warbling Vireo  1
Steller's Jay  2
California Scrub-Jay  1
American Crow  8
Black-capped Chickadee  8
Chestnut-backed Chickadee  2
Bank Swallow  6     Counted 1x1, possible more.
Tree Swallow  12
Violet-green Swallow  2
Purple Martin  9
Northern Rough-winged Swallow  4
Barn Swallow  60
Cliff Swallow  8
Bushtit (Pacific)  22
Brown Creeper  5
Marsh Wren  2
Bewick's Wren  3
European Starling  200
Swainson's Thrush  42
American Robin  20
Cedar Waxwing  20
House Finch  1
Purple Finch  3
Red Crossbill (Douglas-fir or type 4)  1
American Goldfinch  25
Savannah Sparrow  5
Song Sparrow  24
Spotted Towhee  2
Bullock's Oriole  2
Red-winged Blackbird  84
Brown-headed Cowbird  36
Common Yellowthroat  15
Yellow Warbler  25
Wilson's Warbler  3
Black-headed Grosbeak  2

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S187801419
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