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<span><span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">Another great day at the refuge. We started with a large crowd, over 40 birders, but split into two groups to make it safer and more manageable. It was warm, a bit muggy and occasionally overcast. We dipped on Western Tanager, most of the shorebirds, Northern Flicker, and saw fewer Warblers than expected. That disappointment was offset by views of the continuing Black-necked Stilts, 2 male Yellow-headed Blackbirds (Stilts and YHBB seen on fresh water side of the dike), and a Western Bluebird (on the Rough-winged Swallow tree near the end of the McCallister Creek boardwalk) We hit the end of the boardwalk at a low low tide (-2') and counted over 50 Bald Eagles just from that vantage point, scavenging fish trapped in pools, and whatever they could find in seldom exposed tide flats. The list follows.</span></span></span>
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Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US
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Jun 1, 2022 8:16 AM - 3:25 PM
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Protocol: Traveling
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6.0 mile(s)
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64 species (+3 other taxa)
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Canada Goose 65
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Wood Duck 8
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Blue-winged Teal 9
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Cinnamon Teal 8
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Gadwall 25
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Mallard 50
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Bufflehead 1 Single female continuing.
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Hooded Merganser 15 Females and ducklings
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Common Merganser 1
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Pied-billed Grebe 2
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Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2
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Mourning Dove 3
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Rufous Hummingbird 2
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Black-necked Stilt 2 Seen on fresh water side of dike.
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Greater Yellowlegs 3
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Ring-billed Gull 8
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California Gull 6
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Glaucous-winged Gull 5
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Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 4
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gull sp. 100
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Caspian Tern 14
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Brandt's Cormorant 6
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Double-crested Cormorant 3
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Great Blue Heron 35
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Bald Eagle 70 Counted 55 from viewing platform at end of boardwalk. -2' tide.
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Belted Kingfisher 2
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Red-breasted Sapsucker 3
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Downy Woodpecker 2
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Hairy Woodpecker 2
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Downy/Hairy Woodpecker 1
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Merlin 1
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Western Wood-Pewee 2
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Willow Flycatcher 8
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Warbling Vireo 2
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American Crow 10
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Common Raven 2
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Black-capped Chickadee 3
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Chestnut-backed Chickadee 1
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Northern Rough-winged Swallow 8
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Tree Swallow 20
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Violet-green Swallow 5
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Barn Swallow 30
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Cliff Swallow 60
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Brown Creeper 10
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Marsh Wren 12
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Bewick's Wren 1
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European Starling 20
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Western Bluebird 1
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Swainson's Thrush 12
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American Robin 30
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Cedar Waxwing 45
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Purple Finch 1
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American Goldfinch 8
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White-crowned Sparrow 1
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Savannah Sparrow 3
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Song Sparrow 25
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Spotted Towhee 2
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Yellow-headed Blackbird 2 On fresh water side of dike.
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Western Meadowlark 1
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Red-winged Blackbird 30
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Brown-headed Cowbird 10
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Brewer's Blackbird 3
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Orange-crowned Warbler 1
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Common Yellowthroat 15
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Yellow Warbler 25
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Wilson's Warbler 2
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Black-headed Grosbeak 12
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