Hi Tweeters & Rainier Audubon--

Ted Ripley, Carol Schulz and I birded Nisqually NWR, Luhr Beach, and the
"Lacey Clearcut" today.

Highlights include about 8 COMMON YELLOWTHROAT, most of which were "heard
only" but we got a brief but good look at one in the blackberries across the
east main pool. Bright yellow, black and white visible on singing male.

Also, we got many good looks at YELLOW-RUMPED (AUDUBON'S) WARBLER, including
several males in full breeding plumage.

There were also several WOOD DUCK right out in the open at the Visitor
Center pond.

A very pleasant outing (well, the weather could have been a little better I
guess!) and an enjoyable time.


Linda Adams
Puyallup, WA



SPECIES SEEN
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Canada Goose
Brant
Wood Duck
American Wigeon
Green-winged Teal
Northern Pintail
Northern Shoveler
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
White-winged Scoter
Common Goldeneye
Bufflehead
Red-breasted Merganser
Common Merganser
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
Killdeer
Greater Yellowlegs
Dunlin
Mew Gull
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Rock Dove
Rufous Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Barn Swallow
Bewick's Wren
Marsh Wren
American Robin
Black-capped Chickadee
American Crow
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow (the only bird we saw at the Lacey Clearcut)
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Red-winged Blackbird
House Finch

Species seen - 49 (I may have missed a few)