Tweets,
On Sunday, while playing Whispering Firs Golf Course on McChord AFB, I
tallied 54 species. With binocs and with more intense listening, the species
count could have been easily higher, esp. with warblers. (I didn't count
numbers, only species.)
Highlights for me were two singing CHIPPING SPARROWS and a Bullock's Oriole
(my first at McChord). (I've seen Chipping Sparrows often on Ft. Lewis, but
never at McChord.)
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Double-crested Cormorant
Canada Goose
Mallard
Red-tailed Hawk
Killdeer
Rock Dove
Band-tailed Pigeon
Mourning Dove
Rufous Hummingbird
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Steller's Jay
American Crow
Northwestern Crow (possibly)
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Bushtit
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Bewick's Wren
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
European Starling
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Aud.)
Western Tanager (many--and most in pairs)
Spotted Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco (not nearly as many as I expected)
Black-headed Grosbeak (many singing)
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Bullock's Oriole
House Finch
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak
House Sparrow

Denis J. DeSilvis
denis.j.desilvis at boeing.com