Today, after spending most of the last 2 weeks getting ready to move, I got together with Ken and we went to Nisqually NWR for the morning. Overall cool and damp but not rainy in the AM, but by afternoon it warmed up and was nice. Birding at Nisqually was typical summer breeding birds in good numbers but nothing really remarkable. Coolest thing was maybe that finally, after several years have passed since tearing down the dike and letting tidal action cover most of the reserve, a Salicornia like growth is covering much of the flats. Hoping for good shorebirding in the fall this year.
In the PM we first went to the Pierce side lookout at the end of McNeil in Dupont hoping for a White Pelican, but not. Then we visited Harry Todd, hoping for WBNU but not. Then went to the look at the Mountain View Cemetery marsh to get a few FOY Pierce birds for Ken. Good to get out.