Tweets,

Six of us walked the usual route at Nisqually Thursday morning. The day
started overcast and cool and turned warm with sun breaks about 10:30.

Nothing spectacular for the day although we did see 44 species. There is
evidence of more water on the refuge. McAllister Creek was pretty low when we
got there and the Nisqually River was pretty high when we got there. Only
shorebirds we saw were a SPOTTED SANDPIPER at McAllister Creek and a WILSON'S
SNIPE flyover on the trail out to McAllister Creek.

We did see an AMERICAN BITTERN start of the boardwalk out to the Twin Barns
and there was a GREEN HERON on the pond behind the visitor center for our last
bird. We did see a mixed flock of passerines in the riparian area along the
boardwalk that included RUBY-CROWNED AND GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS,
BLACK-CAPPED CHICKADEE, DOWNEY WOODPECKER, BROWN CREEPER, WILLOW FLYCATCHER,
ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER, and WARBLING VIREO. BROWN CREEPERS were the bird of the day with
at least six seen.

Nothing new for the year, so we are still at 128 species for the year. The
only mammal of note were Harbor Seals in the Nisqually River, with one above
the Nisqually overlook.

Until next Thursday.

Phil Kelley
scrubjay323 at aol.com
Lacey, WA
360-459-1499

"We were few and they were many, now we are many and they are few."
Confucius