Subject: [Tweeters] Fwd: eBird Report - Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, May 25, 2022
Date: Wed May 25 19:17:28 PDT 2022
From: Kenneth Brown - kenbrownpls at comcast.net

Good weather today, overall. Did not bird the orchard early, as we prefer, because gas powered equipment being used there by the WCC crew overwhelmed the senses of both birds and birders. The highlight of the day came early with the observation of two Black-necked Stilts in the flooded fields south of the twin barns. There was an abundance of Western Tanagers and some had a brief look at a female Bullock's Oriole. A complete list follows:

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> Subject: eBird Report - Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, May 25, 2022

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> Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually NWR, Thurston, Washington, US

> May 25, 2022 7:36 AM - 3:58 PM

> Protocol: Traveling

> 6.12 mile(s)

> 69 species (+1 other taxa)

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> Canada Goose 60

> Wood Duck 15

> Blue-winged Teal 4

> Cinnamon Teal 8

> Gadwall 7

> American Wigeon 20

> Mallard 50

> Ring-necked Duck 1

> Bufflehead 1 Single female

> Hooded Merganser 18

> Pied-billed Grebe 1

> Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 3

> Mourning Dove 2

> Vaux's Swift 2

> Rufous Hummingbird 3

> Virginia Rail 2

> Sora 2

> Black-necked Stilt 2 2 seen in flooded field adjacent to parking lot.

> Wilson's Snipe 1

> Greater Yellowlegs 2

> Ring-billed Gull 40

> California Gull 10

> Glaucous-winged Gull 4

> Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 35

> Caspian Tern 100

> Brandt's Cormorant 4

> Double-crested Cormorant 13

> Great Blue Heron 40

> Turkey Vulture 3

> Cooper's Hawk 1

> Bald Eagle 30

> Belted Kingfisher 1

> Red-breasted Sapsucker 2

> Downy Woodpecker 2

> Northern Flicker 1

> Western Wood-Pewee 10

> Willow Flycatcher 10

> Pacific-slope Flycatcher 3

> Hutton's Vireo 1

> Warbling Vireo 5

> Steller's Jay 2

> American Crow 15

> Black-capped Chickadee 1

> Chestnut-backed Chickadee 1

> Northern Rough-winged Swallow 7

> Purple Martin 2

> Tree Swallow 40

> Violet-green Swallow 12

> Barn Swallow 70

> Cliff Swallow 50

> Brown Creeper 4

> Marsh Wren 20

> Bewick's Wren 6

> European Starling 50

> Swainson's Thrush 25 Several observed, most heard over the length of the walk

> American Robin 30

> Cedar Waxwing 45

> Evening Grosbeak 1

> Purple Finch 5

> Pine Siskin 20

> American Goldfinch 12

> Song Sparrow 15

> Bullock's Oriole 1

> Red-winged Blackbird 45

> Brown-headed Cowbird 15

> Common Yellowthroat 20

> Yellow Warbler 22

> Wilson's Warbler 5

> Western Tanager 25

> Black-headed Grosbeak 10

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> View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S111285640

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