Hello All,
Had a nice morning at Nisqually under partly cloudy skies. It was a
remarkable day for the number of species active. I was able to find 95
species along the entire loop trail, which nearly ties my record for the
refuge. Highlights today were less impressive, but included a Harlan's Hawk,
a singing White-throated Sparrow, my first-of-season Caspian Tern, Barn,
Cliff, and Northern Rough-winged Swallows, and the Great Horned Owls in the
traditional nest site.
After walking the loop I decided to go to Mima Mounds. I was not able to
find the Mountain Bluebird. Several Turkey Vultures and Western Meadowlarks
were the main things active.

Here's the complete list of 95 species seen from the refuge:

Snow Goose (2)-imm.
Brant (50)
Cackling Goose (700)
Canada Goose (45)
Wood Duck (2)
Gadwall (8)
Eurasian Wigeon (1)
American Wigeon (65)
Mallard (55)
Northern Shoveler (70)
Northern Pintail (14)
Green-winged Teal (80)
Ring-necked Duck (17)
Greater Scaup (6)
Lesser Scaup (1)
Surf Scoter (12)
White-winged Scoter (15)
Bufflehead (25)
Common Goldeneye (5)
Hooded Merganser (12)
Common Merganser (8)
Red-breasted Merganser (10)
California Quail (2)-Twin Barns.
Common Loon (2)
Pied-billed Grebe (2)
Horned Grebe (12)
Eared Grebe (2)-alternate plumage.
Western Grebe (1)
Double-crested Cormorant (8)
Pelagic Cormorant (3)
Great Blue Heron (18)
Bald Eagle (4ads.)
Northern Harrier (2): 1ad. f., 1 imm.
Sharp-shinned Hawk (1)
Red-tailed Hawk (8): 1 dark ad. Harlan's with a lot of white around the
eyes.
Merlin (1)-imm. male.
Peregrine Falcon (1ad.)
Virginia Rail (4)
Sora (1)-heard, FOS.
American Coot (16)
Black-bellied Plover (1)
Killdeer (4)
Greater Yellowlegs (25): mostly alt plumage.
Least Sandpiper (1)
Dunlin (50)
Mew Gull (60)
Ring-billed Gull (10)
California Gull (1)
Glaucous-winged Gull (35)
Caspian Tern (1)-FOS.
Pigeon Guillemot (1)
Rock Pigeon (12)
Mourning Dove (1)
Great Horned Owl (2): ad. and downy young in traditional nest site.
Rufous Hummingbird (20+): almost all males, many displaying.
Red-breasted Sapsucker (1)
Downy Woodpecker (4)
Northern Flicker (1f.)-Yellow-shafted.
Pileated Woodpecker (1)
Northern Shrike (1)-imm., getting late.
Hutton's Vireo (1)
Steller's Jay (1)
American Crow (30)
Tree Swallow (250)
Violet-green Swallow (40)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (3)-FOS.
Cliff Swallow (1)-FOS.
Barn Swallow (1)
Black-capped Chickadee (50)
Chestnut-backed Chickadee (8)
Bushtit (25)
Brown Creeper (6)
Bewick's Wren (6)
Winter Wren (3)
Marsh Wren (35)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (10)
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (15)
American Robin (10)
Varied Thrush (1)
European Starling (60)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (42)
Spotted Towhee (9)
Fox Sparrow (6)
Song Sparrow (30)
Lincoln's Sparrow (8)
White-crowned Sparrow (1)
White-throated Sparrow (1)
Golden-crowned Sparrow (50)
Dark-eyed Junco (10)
Red-winged Blackbird (60)
Western Meadowlark (6)
Purple Finch (4)
House Finch (1)
Pine Siskin (14)
American Goldfinch (5)
This report was generated automatically by eBird v2 (http://www.ebird.org)

That's all, cheers and good birding,
--
Charlie Wright
Bonney Lake, Washington