Tweeters,

The nine of us on the JBLM Eagles Pride bird walk kept mostly dry until the
last half of the walk. Highlights and details as noted in the eBird/NW
report below.



The JBLM Eagles Pride GC birders meet the third Thursday of each month at
8:00AM. Starting point is Bldg # 1514, Driving Range Tee, Eagles Pride Golf
Course, I-5 Exit 116, Mounts Road Exit. Upcoming walks include the
following:

. January 15

. February 19

. March 19



Anyone is welcome to join!



Eagles Pride GC, Pierce, US-WA

Dec 18, 2014 8:04 AM - 11:24 AM

Protocol: Traveling

3.7 mile(s)

Comments: Cloudy and damp at start - 42degF - with almost no wind;
occasional raindrops turned to steady, light rain about half-way through
walk. Highlights included first-of-season AMERICAN WIGEON (94) plus one
likely being a Eurasian X American hybrid; an "intergrade" NORTHERN FLICKER
among five flickers feeding together; and 40 RED CROSSBILLS in various
locations along the route. Misses include Golden-crowned Sparrow and House
Finch.

28 species (+2 other taxa)



Canada Goose 45

American Wigeon 94

Eurasian x American Wigeon (hybrid) 1 At Hodge Lake - yellow-gold
forehead with otherwise reddish/dark feathers on head, but with typical
American Wigeon patterning. Bird stood out among all the other wigeon.

Mallard 12

Ring-necked Duck 39 At Hodge Lake

Bufflehead 10 At Hodge Lake

Red-tailed Hawk 2

Western/Glaucous-winged Gull 1 Glaucous-winged Gull "type"

Anna's Hummingbird 1

Downy Woodpecker 1 Heard only

Northern Flicker 9 Includes one Yellow-shafted/Red-shafted hybrid

Steller's Jay 3

American Crow 124

Black-capped Chickadee 8

Chestnut-backed Chickadee 12

Red-breasted Nuthatch 11

Brown Creeper 1

Pacific Wren 4

Bewick's Wren 1

Golden-crowned Kinglet 21

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 4

American Robin 18

Varied Thrush 5

European Starling 53

Spotted Towhee 3

Fox Sparrow 1

Song Sparrow 3

Dark-eyed Junco 21

Red Crossbill 40

Pine Siskin 1



View this checklist online at
http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S20947646



May all your birds be identified,



Denis DeSilvis

Roy, WA

avnacrs4birds at outlook dot com