Hello Tweets,

Today my mother and I birded Thurston Co. again, visiting some of the same
location during the same time period, as yesterday, in addition to the Lacey
Clearcut. The weather was similiar to yesterday, but with much less wind,
making birding more favorable. We visited three main locations being
Nisqually NWR, Lacey Clearcut, and Black Lake Meadows in that order, as we
mainly tried to relocate any of the recent Solitary Sandpipers, including
single birds at Nisqually NWR, and Black Lake Meadows, but with NO LUCK. The
best notable species we did encounter was a male CALLIOPE HUMMINGBIRD at the
Nisqually NWR Visitor Center, as it foraged throughout the low shrubbery,
and native vegetation, before quickly flying to the east, as this makes the
second Thurston Co. record, as was the Dusky Flycatcher observed yesterday
at Black Lake Meadows, which was not seen today. The other Thurston Co.
Calliope Hummingbird record was noted on April 9th, 2000 by Rob Saecker. It
seems that songbird migration is in full swing, at some locations.

We started out at Nisqually NWR, as we birded the vicinty around the Visitor
Center, being the newly established wetland, and also the flooded fields to
the south of the Twin Barns, where main highlights included:

8 GREATER WHITE-FRONTED GEESE
12 Cinnamon Teal
1 pair of Wood Ducks
1 Am.Kestrel
48 Least Sandpipers
1 Red-breasted Sapsucker
2 WARBLING VIREOS
3 Yellow Warblers


Next, we checked the entrance of the Lacey Clearcut for about 30 minutes,
where 2 Chipping Sparrows, and a singing Cassin's Vireo were noted.

Our final stop was made at the Black Lake Meadows, with an extensive walk
through the remaining wetland, as the east portion of the main wetland is
aminly dry, with some mud, and the west portion is flooded with the recent
rains, but with NO rain this area will dry up very quickly, being dry
through summer and fall seasons. We encountered a few different species than
yesterday, with the following highlights:

1 GREEN HERON
1 NORTHERN HARRIER(being a flyover, and somewhat unusual for location, and
time of year)
1 Sharp-shinned Hawk
5 Common Snipe
1 male PURPLE MARTIN
5 Orange-crowned Warblers
3 Wilson's Warblers
1 singing BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK
5 Lincoln's Sparrows

Good birding,

Ruth and Patrick Sullivan
GODWIT at worldnet.att.net