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<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">Everyone seemed to enjoy the break in the weather, the day being cooler and overcast in the morning after rain showers overnight. That must account, at least in part, for why there were 40 or so in attendance for the weekly walk. When the group is large we tend to scatter a bit more and this was no exception. We are in the summer doldrums still but they're coming to an end soon as migration picks up. </span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">A single Long-billed Curlew continues to grace the mudflats, joined by at least 2 Baird's Sandpipers, a Semi-palmated Sandpiper and 10 Semi-palmated Plovers, along with the usual shorebird species. Out on the reach a small raft of Common Mergansers were observed. The list of species follows:</span>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US</span>
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Aug 23, 2023 7:56 AM - 3:25 PM
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Protocol: Traveling
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5.37 mile(s)
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71 species (+3 other taxa)
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Canada Goose 7
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Wood Duck 2
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Northern Shoveler 2
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Mallard 35
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Northern Pintail 4
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Green-winged Teal 2
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Hooded Merganser 3
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Common Merganser 16
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Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 7
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Band-tailed Pigeon 5
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Mourning Dove 3
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Vaux's Swift 5
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Anna's Hummingbird 2
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Virginia Rail 1
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American Coot 1
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Semipalmated Plover 10
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Killdeer 2
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Long-billed Curlew 1 * Continuing. Long, decurved bill. No stripes on head/crown
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Sanderling 1
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Baird's Sandpiper 2
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Least Sandpiper 125
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Semipalmated Sandpiper 1
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Western Sandpiper 450
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Wilson's Snipe 2
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Greater Yellowlegs 9
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Ring-billed Gull 75
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California Gull 28
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Glaucous-winged Gull 5
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Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 4
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Western/Glaucous-winged Gull 24
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Larus sp. 200
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Caspian Tern 8
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Brandt's Cormorant 6 Nisqually Reach channel marker
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Double-crested Cormorant 32
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Great Blue Heron 65
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Osprey 1
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Northern Harrier 1 Immature
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Cooper's Hawk 1
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Bald Eagle 11 Counted 1x1
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Belted Kingfisher 2
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Downy Woodpecker (Pacific) 1
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Hairy Woodpecker (Pacific) 1
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Northern Flicker 4
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Western Wood-Pewee 4
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Cassin's Vireo 1
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Warbling Vireo 2
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American Crow 4
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Common Raven 1
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Black-capped Chickadee 14
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Chestnut-backed Chickadee 2
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Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
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Purple Martin 4
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Violet-green Swallow 60
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Barn Swallow 170
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Cliff Swallow 1
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Bushtit 10
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Brown Creeper 2
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Marsh Wren 1
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Bewick's Wren 4
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European Starling 625
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Swainson's Thrush (Russet-backed) 6
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American Robin 10
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Cedar Waxwing 36
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Purple Finch 2
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American Goldfinch 30
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Savannah Sparrow 2
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Song Sparrow 11
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Spotted Towhee (oregonus Group) 1
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Red-winged Blackbird 15
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Brown-headed Cowbird 3
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Orange-crowned Warbler (lutescens) 3
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Common Yellowthroat 23
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Yellow Warbler 2
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Western Tanager 3
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<br>View this checklist online at <a href="https://ebird.org/checklist/S147968915">https://ebird.org/checklist/S147968915</a>
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