Subject: [Tweeters] Yesterday at Nisqually and Hawks Prairie
Date: May 3 05:48:02 2010
From: bill shelmerdine - georn1 at hotmail.com



Greetings Tweeters,

I spent yesterday morning doing a quick pass through Nisqually and local areas. Not too much shorebird activity, but a few new arrivals by my accounting. First stop was the Hawks Prairie Water Treatment Ponds. This is waterfowl not shorebird habitat but includes some interesting "upland habitat" as well. At that stop I encountered my first House Wren of the year and a few Chipping Sparrows. There is a lot of potential at this location. Next stop was Luhr Beach, where first-of-year (FOY) Purple Martins and large flocks of Brant were seen, no shorebirds though. The Nisqually Refuge produced FOY Yellow Warblers and Sora as well as a few (but not many) shorebirds. Shorebirds included Least Sandpiper (50); Western Sandpiper (25); Short-billed Dowitcher (2+), and Lesser Yellowlegs (2, FOY). Several species of waterfowl are present including White-fronted Geese (6) and at least 60 Cackling Geese.

Cheers and good birding.



Bill Shelmerdine, Olympia

mailto: georn1 at hotmail.com

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