I also visited Nisqually yesterday, after doing the BAIKAL TEAL thing in the
morning. Nisqually is positively overrun with Yellow-rumped warblers,
Rufous Hummingbirds, and Common Yellowthroats. Additionally, I located one
adult Great Horned Owl on the dogleg prior to the observation tower
overlooking the beach, an adult Peregrine falcon on a perch across the
river, and an immature Cooper's Hawk that allowed for a good study. It's
iris was changing color from yellow to orange.



Also saw one raccoon in a tree along the trail that leads from the barns
back up to the main trail.



Jamie Acker

Bainbridge Island

Owler at sounddsl.com

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From: tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu
[mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Rod at Home
Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 5:55 AM
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: [Tweeters] Nisqually NWR



Hi All,



I was at Nisqually NWR yesterday for a couple of hours. I couldn't relocate
the cinnamon teals that I had seen on the previous two visits. I counted 5
white-fronted geese (two more showed up?) and 3 male wood ducks with one
female. One of the male wood ducks jumped up into a big leaf maple tree and
started devouring the flowers which was fun to watch. Lots of common
yellowthroats were singing as were several savannah sparrows. I only saw
one bird of prey (F harrier) other than the adult great horned owl near the
nest. No owl chicks yesterday, but I got a shot of two of them last
weekend.



http://www.pbase.com/rodg/image/41652189

http://www.pbase.com/rodg/image/41759620



Rod Gilbert

roderickgilbert at comcast.net

Olympia