Hi Tweets,

spring is on the way at Nisqually NWR with nesting BALD EAGLE x two
breeding pair. We had a nice day with chilly temperatures and a high tide
at 10:20am. Highlights included 5 different species of woodpeckers with
FOY PILEATED WOODPECKER, four WILSON'S SNIPE, many TREE SWALLOW and
VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOW, FOY GREAT EGRET and relocating the intergrade
GREEN-WINGED TEAL with both a horizontal white bar between the wing and
side as well a diminished vertical white bar between the breast and side.
We were not able to relocate the Barn Owl or Sandhill Cranes that were
previously reported.

69 species for the day, 94 species for the year. Many good mammals seen
including American Beaver, Coyote, Mink and California Sea Lion. See eBird
list below.

Happy Birding!

Shep


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Shep Thorp
Browns Point
253-370-3742


Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US
Mar 13, 2019 7:36 AM - 3:16 PM
Protocol: Traveling
5.878 mile(s)
Comments: Wednesday Walk. Sunny, temperatures in the 30's to 50's
degrees Fahrenheit. High 12.57ft Tide at 10:20am. Mammals seen American
Beaver, Coyote, Columbia Black-tailed Deer, Raccoon, Mink, Eastern Gray
Squirrel, Harbor Seal, California Sea Lion.
69 species (+6 other taxa)

Brant (Black) 70
Cackling Goose 400
Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) 35
Trumpeter/Tundra Swan 2
Northern Shoveler 175
Gadwall 70
Eurasian Wigeon 2
American Wigeon 1000
Mallard 150
Northern Pintail 100
Green-winged Teal (American) 400
Green-winged Teal (intergrade) 1 Both vertical and horizontal bars on
side. Previously reported.
Ring-necked Duck 10
Greater/Lesser Scaup 10
Surf Scoter 4
Bufflehead 200
Common Goldeneye 75
Hooded Merganser 6
Common Merganser 2
Red-breasted Merganser 15
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 9
Anna's Hummingbird 1
American Coot 75
Least Sandpiper 40
Wilson's Snipe 4
Spotted Sandpiper 2
Greater Yellowlegs 6
Mew Gull (American) 100
Ring-billed Gull 50
Glaucous-winged Gull 1
Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 3
Larus sp. 400
Common Loon 2
Brandt's Cormorant 6
Double-crested Cormorant 10
American Bittern 2
Great Blue Heron 30
Great Egret 1
Northern Harrier 2
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1
Cooper's Hawk 1
Bald Eagle 12
Red-tailed Hawk 2
Belted Kingfisher 2
Red-breasted Sapsucker 2
Downy Woodpecker 2
Hairy Woodpecker 2
Pileated Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 3
Peregrine Falcon 1
Hutton's Vireo 1
Steller's Jay 1
American/Northwestern Crow 100
Common Raven 4
Tree Swallow 30
Violet-green Swallow 20
Black-capped Chickadee 10
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 2
Brown Creeper 5
Pacific Wren 1
Marsh Wren 4
Bewick's Wren 4
Golden-crowned Kinglet 10
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3
Varied Thrush 1
American Robin 30
European Starling 200
American Goldfinch 5
Fox Sparrow (Sooty) 4
Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon) 1
Golden-crowned Sparrow 18
Song Sparrow 15
Spotted Towhee 5
Red-winged Blackbird 20
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's) 3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S53830943

This report was generated automatically by eBird v3 (https://ebird.org/home)
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