Thirteen birders went on an ELWAS field trip to Nisqually NWR on Sat. It was
a cool, windy and sometimes rainy day. We logged 49 species as follows:

Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Canada Goose
Eurasian Wigeon - 2, 1 in each of two groups of many American Wigeon
American Wigeon
Green-winged Teal
Mallard
Northern Pintail
Northern Shoveler
Ring-necked Duck
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Great Blue Heron - many seen but none at the herony at the NW corner of the
trail.
Bald Eagle - 8
Northern Harrier - 4
Red-tailed Hawk - 11 (5 were from highway enroute)
Peregrine Falcon - 1
Virginia Rail - heard
American Coot
Greater Yellowlegs
Killdeer
Glaucous-winged Gull
Rock Dove
Great Horned Owl - 1 near twin barns
Rufous Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
American Crow
Northern Shrike - 1
American Robin
European Starling
Marsh Wren
Bewick's Wren
Tree Swallow - numerous
Violet-green Swallow - numerous
Barn Swallow - 1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Black-capped Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
House Finch
Yellow-rumped Warbler - numerous
Song Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Spotted Towhee
Red-winged Blackbird

Species seen - 49

Hugh Jennings
Bellevue, WA
hughbirder at aol.com