Subject: [Tweeters] Possible Nashville Warblar at Nisqually NWR
Date: Aug 26 22:40:19 2005
From: Carol Riddell - cariddell at mac.com


I apologize for this late posting. I've been on a business trip and did not
have access to my e-mail. As I was leaving town Wednesday(8-24-05) morning
I stopped at Nisqually and birded from the Visitor Center out to McAllister
Creek between 8:30 and 10 a.m. It was pretty birdy with lots of flitters
and tweeters. About one-third to one-half of the way out the trail, on my
right heading toward the creed, were a couple of willow bushes. I saw a
couple of small, yellowish birds quickly fly into one of the willows. When
I glassed one it appeared to be a Nashville Warbler. The complete white
eye-rings were so distinctive I froze, knowing I had never seen that on the
west side of the mountains. It darted about the bush in the manner of a
warbler and then flew off. I noted the yellow undertail coverts, the
greenish wings and the gray head. When I returned to the Visitor Center I
examined the checklist. Nashville Warbler is listed as one of the
accidentals that might be seen once every five to ten years. Am I crazy?
Is there a more probable species it could have been? Has anyone else seen
this bird this week or even seen any this season? Thanks for any
information.

By the way, stopping at the River S Unit, Ridgefield NWR this afternoon, I
saw a nice first year Peregrine Falcon on one of the snags near Long Lake.

Carol Riddell
Edmonds