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Another beautiful day at the refuge.?? Twenty of us enjoyed a morning of?sunshine and perfect temperature.? We had a couple new sightings, but mostly the usual suspects.



Highlights from the visitor center and along the parking lot included CLIFF, BARN and TREE SWALLOWS, several COMMON YELLOW THROAT, YELLOW WARBLER, SWAINSON'S THRUSH and SAVANNAH SPARROW.



There were several female?WOOD DUCKS?with young along the?boardwalk to the twin barns.? The ?NORTHERN SHOVELER with?young that we saw a couple weeks ago was also sighted.? She still had all of her ducklings.? A highlight at the?last bench on this leg of the walk was a pair of MACGILLIVRAY'S WARBLERS.?



There was lots of construction activity at the twin barns and not a lot of birds.? There were several KILLDEER in the?few remaining wet areas?and a WILLOW FLYCATCHER.? A BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK was also seen.



We saw a couple female RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRDS on the way back.? The nests with that we have enjoyed over the past weeks were all empty.? PACIFIC-SLOPE FLYCATCHER and WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE and RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER were also seen on the return along the boardwalk.? A highlight was the sighting of a CASSIN'S VIREO at the riparian overlook.?



And as often happens, a couple new sightings for the day from the parking lot included a pair of OSPREY and a RED-TAILED HAWK.



Total species for the day:? 38

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The only mammal seen was an E. gray Squirrel.



Eric Slagle, Olympia

hannaslagle at comcast.net