Date: 10/23/24 9:14 pm
From: Kenneth Brown via Tweeters <tweeters...>
Subject: [Tweeters] Wednesday Walk at Nisqually.
Our day began with a report by early arrivers, Steve and Ellen, of a Barn Owl
at and around the southern most barn, similar to previous reports. Craig reported a Barred Owl on a sign post along the entrance road on his drive in. Fortunately we were able to relocate that Owl in the orchard/play area and most of the 40 (+/-) birder got a good look at it. We counted 11 Wilson's Snipe, along with 2 dozen Greater White-fronted Geese, around the flooded field south of the access road. Other highlights included good visuals of both Virginia Rail and Sora in the freshwater marsh, and a first of the season Trumpeter Swan and female Bufflehead out on the surge plain. It was probably the high tide that pushed in the unusually large number of Greater Yellow legs we saw, most in the grass on the far side of McCallister Creek. We did not find the Whimbrel seen the last several weeks but found Black-bellied Plovers and a flock of Dunlin to console ourselves. The complete list follows:

Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Olympia US-WA 47.07225, -122.71205, Thurston, Washington, US
Oct 23, 2024 8:13 AM - 3:41 PM
Protocol: Traveling
4.41 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Mammals seen include Harbor Seals, River Otter, American Beaver, Black-tailed Deer, Townsend's Chipmunk, Eastern Gray Squirrel, Eastern cotton-tailed rabbit.
67 species (+4 other taxa)

Greater White-fronted Goose 24
Cackling Goose 1500
Canada Goose 2
Trumpeter Swan 1
Northern Shoveler 125
Gadwall 2
American Wigeon 2500
Mallard 125
Northern Pintail 1200
Green-winged Teal 2000
Surf Scoter 45
Bufflehead 1 female.
Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 40
Anna's Hummingbird 3
Virginia Rail 1 In the open on the freshwater side of the dike.
Sora 1 Seen in the freshwater marsh south side of dike.
Black-bellied Plover 4 seen from the end of the boardwalk.
Killdeer 4
Wilson's Snipe 11
Greater Yellowlegs 75
Dunlin 60
Least Sandpiper 16
peep sp. 30
Short-billed Gull 15
Ring-billed Gull 120
California Gull 1
Glaucous-winged Gull 1
Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid) 8
Western/Glaucous-winged Gull 12
Larus sp. 300
Horned Grebe 5
Common Loon 5
Brandt's Cormorant 1
Double-crested Cormorant 25
Great Blue Heron 20
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1 Seen by Laurie.
Northern Harrier 5
Bald Eagle 15
Red-tailed Hawk 1
American Barn Owl 1 Seen by Steve and Ellen around 7am at the southerly barn.
Barred Owl 1 Seen by many in the orchard/ play area.
Belted Kingfisher 4
Downy Woodpecker 3
Northern Flicker 3
Peregrine Falcon 2
American Crow 150
Common Raven 1
Black-capped Chickadee 15
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 6
Bushtit 20
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 12
Golden-crowned Kinglet 24
Brown Creeper 2
Pacific Wren 1
Marsh Wren 5
Bewick's Wren 4
European Starling 25
American Robin 60
American Pipit 2
Pine Siskin 36
Fox Sparrow 2
Dark-eyed Junco 3
Golden-crowned Sparrow 25
White-throated Sparrow 1
Song Sparrow 19
Lincoln's Sparrow 2
Spotted Towhee 8
Western Meadowlark 1
Red-winged Blackbird 6
Orange-crowned Warbler 2
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S200043746


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