Today I went to Nisqullay wildlife refuge here is the list of birds that I witnessed
canada geese 100 or so
cackling geese 30 plus
mallards 20 or more
northern shovelers 20 to 26
green-winged teal 10
ring-necked duck 5
bufflehead 21
pied-billed grebes 3
american bittern 1
great egrets 1
great-blue herons 4
bald eagles 4 1nesting
red-tailed hawk 5 at entrance
american kestrel 1
western sandpiper 2
ring-billed gulls 4
california gulls 2
glaucous-winged gull 1
rock pigeon 5
great-horned owls 2
rufous hummingbird 1
belted kingfishers 2
downy's woodpeckers 2
northern flickers 1 heard
american crows 10
tree swallows 7
violet-green swallows 4
bewicks wren 1
european starlings 300
YRW 2
song sparrows 6
I heard some red-winged blackbirds but did not see any.







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From: Chris Vicente <vicentechris at ymail.com>
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Sent: Wednesday, March 2, 2011 2:47 PM
Subject: Turkey Vulture




0ne seen at a nearby farmland 208th


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From: Chris Vicente <vicentechris at ymail.com>
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Sent: Tue, March 1, 2011 8:51:14 PM
Subject: Re: Rare or Not Rare {Correction}




Sorry
What I was trying to say was that there are 2 to 4 ravens that hangout around Spanaway at walmart and at 176 st. I was wondering if they were rare, uncommon, or common. I am asking because I see them a lot but not much in large numbers.

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From: Chris Vicente <vicentechris at ymail.com>
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Sent: Tue, March 1, 2011 8:23:09 PM
Subject: Rare or Not Rare


OK don't know why but in Spanaway in at Walmart and on 176 everyday i see raven like 2 of them sometimes 4 getting chased by crows or just walking people tell me there uncommon but i see theme more like common but uncommon in numbers are they increasing also my friend said he heard them yesterday up by the capital buliding