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<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">It felt like summer today at Nisqually, though the calendar and the attending species say it's late spring. 28 or so of us again followed our default route, in the orchard where the diligent Bushtits still feed their apparently ravenous young, we failed to find Western Tanagers but saw instead a Townsend's Warbler, Rufous and an Anna's Hummingbirds, and a lone Mourning Dove. The flooded field(s) west of the Twin Barns access road yielded most of the duck species seen today, including Green, Cinnamon, and Blue-winged Teal (FOY). Also a FOY was a Wilson's Phalarope, hanging with three Long-billed Dowitchers. We had a good day for flycatchers, Willow Flycatchers were seen, Western Wood-peewees and Olive-sided, as well as a Pacific-slope Flycatcher were heard. The exposed mud of low tide yielded no shorebirds excepting 11 Whimbrel, and smaller numbers of Gulls and Cormorants. The comprehensive checklist follows: </span>
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Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US
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May 17, 2023 7:57 AM - 3:52 PM
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Protocol: Traveling
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5.58 mile(s)
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Checklist Comments: Mammals seen: Coyote, Eastern Gray squirrel, Long-tailed Weasel, Mink with kit, Cotton-tailed Rabbit.
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76 species (+2 other taxa)
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Canada Goose 150
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Wood Duck 12
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Blue-winged Teal 4
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Cinnamon Teal 6
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Northern Shoveler 12
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American Wigeon 6
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Mallard 40
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Northern Pintail 6
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Green-winged Teal 2
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Ring-necked Duck 1
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Lesser Scaup 1
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Bufflehead 2
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Hooded Merganser 6
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Pied-billed Grebe 2
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Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 2
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Mourning Dove 1
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Anna's Hummingbird 1
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Rufous Hummingbird 6
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Virginia Rail 1
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Sora 2
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American Coot 20
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Killdeer 1
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Whimbrel 11
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Long-billed Dowitcher 3
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Wilson's Phalarope 1
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Ring-billed Gull 25
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California Gull 15
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Glaucous-winged Gull 5
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Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 10
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Western/Glaucous-winged Gull 25
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Caspian Tern 10
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Double-crested Cormorant 20
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Great Blue Heron 18
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Turkey Vulture 1
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Bald Eagle 36
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Red-tailed Hawk 1
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Red-breasted Sapsucker 1
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Hairy Woodpecker 1
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Northern Flicker 4
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Olive-sided Flycatcher 3
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Western Wood-Pewee 6
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Willow Flycatcher 2
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Pacific-slope Flycatcher 1
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Warbling Vireo 4
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California Scrub-Jay 1
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American Crow 15
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Common Raven 2
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Black-capped Chickadee 3
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Chestnut-backed Chickadee 2
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Northern Rough-winged Swallow 5
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Purple Martin 10
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Tree Swallow 30
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Violet-green Swallow 15
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Bank Swallow 4
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Barn Swallow 80
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Cliff Swallow 20
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Bushtit 2
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Brown Creeper 1
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Marsh Wren 6
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Bewick's Wren 6
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European Starling 50
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Swainson's Thrush 18
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American Robin 40
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Purple Finch 5
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American Goldfinch 12
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White-crowned Sparrow 1
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Savannah Sparrow 8
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Song Sparrow 25
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Spotted Towhee 4
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Yellow-headed Blackbird 1
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Red-winged Blackbird 60
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Brown-headed Cowbird 30
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Orange-crowned Warbler 1
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Common Yellowthroat 10
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Yellow Warbler 36
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Townsend's Warbler 1
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Wilson's Warbler 1
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Black-headed Grosbeak 8
</div> <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;"><br>View this checklist online at <a href="https://ebird.org/checklist/S138179475">https://ebird.org/checklist/S138179475</a></span>
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