Subject: [Tweeters] Nisqualy yesterday. No Phalaropes...
Date: May 13 14:25:04 2008
From: Knut Hansen - knut-hansen at comcast.net


Nisqually Wildlife Refuge (Washington, USA)
5/12/2008 07:00 to 5/12/2008 12:00 sunnny, mild, calm
Walked to full loop.

Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps podiceps) 2
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias fannini) 4
Great Egret (Ardea alba egretta) 1
American Bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) 1
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis moffitti) 30
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) 10
American Wigeon (Anas americana) 20
Gadwall (Anas strepera strepera) 8
Green-winged Teal (Anas carolinensis) 6
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos platyrhynchos) 20
Northern Pintail (Anas acuta) 4
Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) 2
Cinnamon Teal (Anas cyanoptera septentrionalium) 6
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) 30
Greater- /Lesser Scaup (Aythya marila/affinis) Common
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) 1
Common Merganser (Mergus merganser americanus) 1
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus carolinensis) 1
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus washingtoniensis) 4
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus tundrius) 1
Sora (Porzana carolina) 1
American Coot (Fulica americana americana) 1
Killdeer (Charadrius vociferus vociferus) 2
Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus caurinus) 8
Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) 4
Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri) 30
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) 4
Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus glaucescens) 20
Ring-billed/Common Gull (Larus sp.) 10
Caspian Tern (Hydroprogne caspia) 8
Feral Pigeon (Columba livia 'feral') 6
Vaux's Swift (Chaetura vauxi vauxi) 20
Belted Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon) 1
Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus abieticola) 1
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) Abundant
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica erythrogaster) Common
Cliff Swallow [sp] (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) Common
Western Marsh Wren (Cistothorus palustris browningi) Abundant
Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii calophonus) 2
American Robin [sp] (Turdus migratorius) Common
Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapilla occidentalis) 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) 1
Steller's Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri stelleri) Few
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos hesperis) Common
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris vulgaris) Abundant
Western Warbling Vireo (Vireo gilvus swainsonii) 1
Purple Finch (Carpodacus purpureus californicus) 2
American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis jewetti) Abundant
Orange-crowned Warbler [sp] (Vermivora celata) 3
Common Yellowthroat [sp] (Geothlypis trichas) Abundant
Wilson's Warbler [sp] (Wilsonia pusilla) 1
Savannah Sparrow [sp] (Passerculus sandwichensis) Abundant
Song Sparrow [sp] (Melospiza melodia) Common
Puget Sound White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys pugetensis) 1
Golden-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia atricapilla) 3
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus caurinus) 20
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater artemisiae) 5


Dipped on the Phalaropes reported earlier. I assume they used the nice
weather Sunday night to continue their northward trek. It sure would
have been nice to see the two species in breeding plumage
side-by-side.

I was also disappointed by the number of Wood Warbler except for
Yellow-rumped. Maybe I'm just spoiled having spent a lot of time on
the east coast lately. It was still a great day day to be out.




--
Knut Hansen
Renton
mailto:knut-hansen at comcast dot net
Bird Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/22333182 at N04/