Tweeters,

Six friends from Seattle Audubon and I visited JBLM (Lewis) and environs
Saturday and scored big with several species of the 69 we spotted (some
heard only). Highlights include the following:

- Two male LAZULI BUNTINGS - both in the same small Douglas-fir at
observation post (OP) 8. This is where we had a male on territory last year.

- One male ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD - also at OP8 - in the same spot one
was there last year.

- FOY WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE heard near Story Road.

- BARN, TREE, VIOLET-GREEN, CLIFF, and NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED
SWALLOWS, and PURPLE MARTIN spotted during our travels.

In addition, we had outstanding views of WESTERN TANAGER; YELLOW,
ORANGE-CROWNED, and MACGILLIVRAY'S WARBLERS; CASSIN'S VIREO; and
BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK.



Our route was almost the same as that for last week (along the 91st Division
Prairie; training areas 4 and 5; Muck Creek Bridge; Brandenburg Marsh;
Chambers Lake; and my home in Roy), but we added a side trip to Lewis Lake
on JBLM to get OSPREY on the nesting platform.



Our complete list is below. However, later that evening, I added a FOY
SWAINSON'S THRUSH and several pair of CALIFORNIA QUAIL at my home in Roy.
(Thanks to Paul and Barbara Webster for keeping track of our finds for this
trip.)




Wood Duck


Mallard


Bufflehead


Pied-billed Grebe


Turkey Vulture


Osprey


Bald Eagle


Red-tailed Hawk


American Kestrel


American Coot


Killdeer


Glaucous-winged Gull


Band-tailed Pigeon


Eurasian Collared-Dove


Mourning Dove


Vaux's Swift


Anna's Hummingbird


Rufous Hummingbird


Downy Woodpecker


Pileated Woodpecker


Olive-sided Flycatcher


Western Wood-Pewee


Northern Flicker


Hammond's Flycatcher


Cassin's Vireo


Steller's Jay


Western Scrub-Jay


American Crow


Common Raven


Northern Rough-winged Swallow


Purple Martin


Tree Swallow


Violet-green Swallow


Barn Swallow


Cliff Swallow


Black-capped Chickadee


Chestnut-backed Chickadee


Red-breasted Nuthatch


House Wren


Marsh Wren


Western Bluebird


American Robin


European Starling


Orange-crowned Warbler


Yellow Warbler


Yellow-rumped Warbler


Townsend's Warbler


MacGillivray's Warbler


Common Yellowthroat


Spotted Towhee


Chipping Sparrow


Savannah Sparrow


Song Sparrow


White-crowned Sparrow


Golden-crowned Sparrow


Dark-eyed Junco


Western Tanager


Black-headed Grosbeak


Lazuli Bunting


Red-winged Blackbird


Western Meadowlark


Brown-headed Cowbird


Purple Finch


House Finch


Red Crossbill


Pine Siskin


American Goldfinch


Evening Grosbeak


House Sparrow



May all your birds be identified,



Denis DeSilvis

Roy, WA

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