<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Sent on behalf of Ken Brown<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Tom Bowden</div><div class="">Lacey, WA<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><br class="">
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<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;" class="">The number of birders today was a bit smaller than usual, probably due to the cool temperature and wet weather we had yesterday, but it was dry during the entire walk. Once again we missed having our faithful leader, still off on an adventure, but we muddled through. Highlights were a Northern Shrike, a fly-over of seven Trumpeter/Tundra Swans (seen later roosting) and another group of six Trumpeter Swans near the mouth of the Nisqually River. An extended discussion over the ID of a lone distant plover was educational if never satisfactorily resolved. (the bird flew unobserved and was counted as a Black-bellied) The complete species list follows:</span>
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Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US
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Oct 26, 2022 7:55 AM - 2:37 PM
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Protocol: Traveling
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5.13 mile(s)
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Checklist Comments: Mammals seen: Coyote, Townsend's Chipmunk, Eastern Gray Squirrel, Harbor Seals.
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73 species (+3 other taxa)
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Snow Goose 1
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Cackling Goose 1500
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Canada Goose 30
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Trumpeter Swan 6
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Trumpeter/Tundra Swan 7
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Wood Duck 9
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Northern Shoveler 5
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Eurasian Wigeon 1
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American Wigeon 400
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Mallard 60
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Northern Pintail 300
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Green-winged Teal 1500
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Ring-necked Duck 4
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Surf Scoter 5
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Hooded Merganser 4
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Common Merganser 4
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Pied-billed Grebe 1
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Horned Grebe 1
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Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 5
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Anna's Hummingbird 1
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American Coot 2
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Black-bellied Plover 2
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Killdeer 2
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Dunlin 6
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Least Sandpiper 40
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Wilson's Snipe 3
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Spotted Sandpiper 1
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Greater Yellowlegs 20
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Short-billed Gull 3
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Ring-billed Gull 300
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Glaucous-winged Gull 2
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Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 6
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Red-throated Loon 1
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Common Loon 2
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Brandt's Cormorant 8
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Double-crested Cormorant 12
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Great Blue Heron 15
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Northern Harrier 1
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Cooper's Hawk 1
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Accipiter sp. 1
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Bald Eagle 6
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Red-tailed Hawk 2
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Belted Kingfisher 2
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Downy Woodpecker 1
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Pileated Woodpecker 1
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Northern Flicker 4
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American Kestrel 1
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Merlin 1
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Peregrine Falcon 1
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Northern Shrike 1
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Steller's Jay 1
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American Crow 200
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Common Raven 3
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Black-capped Chickadee 25
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Chestnut-backed Chickadee 4
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4
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Golden-crowned Kinglet 20
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Brown Creeper 2
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Pacific Wren 2
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Marsh Wren 1
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Bewick's Wren 2
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European Starling 350
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American Robin 50
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Cedar Waxwing 7
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American Pipit 3
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American Goldfinch 12
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Fox Sparrow 4
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Golden-crowned Sparrow 30
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Savannah Sparrow 5
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Song Sparrow 12
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Lincoln's Sparrow 1
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Spotted Towhee 6
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Western Meadowlark 3
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Red-winged Blackbird 75
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Orange-crowned Warbler 1
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Yellow-rumped Warbler 3
</div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><br class="">View this checklist online at <a href="https://ebird.org/checklist/S121364366" class="">https://ebird.org/checklist/S121364366</a><br class=""></span>
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