My family and I spent New Years near family in Washington State, USA.  I was able to bird the nearby Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge two times during our stay.  The first time I covered the tidal dike and tidal boardwalk areas.  The second time I covered the forest areas, parking lot, and a small part of the tidal dike.  In addition to the birds, I was also able to see a single Black-tailed Mule Deer and several Eastern Grey Squirrels.

Cackling Goose

Canada Goose

Northern Shoveler

Gadwall

American Wigeon

Mallard

Northern Pintail

Green-winged Teal

Ring-necked Duck

Bufflehead

Common Goldeneye

Hooded Merganser

Common Merganser

Red-breasted Merganser

Anna’s Hummingbird

American Coot

Killdeer

Least Sandpiper

Dunlin

Long-billed Dowitcher

Greater Yellowlegs

Mew Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Western Gull

Herring Gull

Glaucous-winged Gull

Western x Glaucous Winged Gull hybrid

Double-crested Cormorant

Great Blue Heron

Northern Harrier

Cooper’s Hawk

Bald Eagle

Red-tailed Hawk

Belted Kingfisher

Red-breasted Sapsucker

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

American Kestrel

Steller’s Jay

California Scrub-Jay

American/Northwestern Crow

Black-capped Chickadee

Bushtit

Golden-crowned Kinglet

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

Brown Creeper

Pacific Wren

Marsh Wren

Bewick’s Wren

European Starling

American Robin

Purple Finch

Fox Sparrow

Dark-eyed Junco

White-crowned Sparrow

Golden-crowned Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Spotted Towhee

Western Meadowlark

Red-winged Blackbird

Brewer’s Blackbird