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The usual Wednesday Walk at Nisqually was different this week. Missing was our leader, Shep Thorp, and the ever stalwart Jon Andersen, both having ventured off to bird in Alaska. Either their absence, or possibly the crappy February in May weather, resulted in an unusually small showing of Nisqually regulars. Only five of us set forth in the morning, and then it tapered off. To catch the tide we headed out to the dike, losing a couple to the brisk wind and sideways rain. The view from the Puget Sound viewing station was obscured by dense fog and steady rain. Without the eyes, ears and brains of so many good birders, we dipped on several usual species. The highlight of the day was seeing 2 Bullock Oriole, a male and female foraging together. The list follows.
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50 Canada Geese
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2 Wood Duck
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4 N. Shoveler
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3 Gadwall
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16 Mallards + 1 mallard /domestic hybrid
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4 Green-wing Teal
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3 Ring-neck Ducks
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13 Hooded Mergansers
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4 Common Mergansers
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50 Vaux's Swift
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1 Anna's Hummingbird
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18 Whimbrel
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30 Ring-billed Gull
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8 Western x Glaucous winged gull
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50 Gull Species
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90 Caspian Tern
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8 Great Blue Heron
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2 Northern Harrier
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12 Bald Eagle
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1 Red-breasted Sapsucker
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2 Northern Flicker
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2 Western Wood-Pewee
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3 Willow Flycatcher
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4 Warbling Vireo
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1 Steller's Jay
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15 American Crow
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2 Black-capped Chickadee
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5 Norther Rough-winged Swallow
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1 Purple Martin
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50 Tree Swallow
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150 Violet-Green Swallow
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2 Bank Swallow
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100 Barn Swallow
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50 Cliff Swallow
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4 Marsh Wren
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2 Bewick's Wren
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20 European Starling
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8 Swainson's Thrush
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25 American Robin
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12 Cedar Waxwing
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1 Purple Finch
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5 American Goldfinch
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2 Savannah Sparrow
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15 Song Sparrow
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2 Bullock's Oriole
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15 Red-winged Blackbird
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2 Brown-headed Cowbird
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1 Orange-crowned Warbler
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12 Common Yellowthroat
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20 Yellow Warbler
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25 Yellow-rumped Warbler
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1 Wilson's Warbler
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2 Western Tanager
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8 Black-headed Grosbeak
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