Subject: [Tweeters] Joint Base Lewis McChord (JBLM) Eagles Pride Golf Course monthly bird walk - 7-19-2018
Date: Thu Jul 19 20:14:45 PDT 2018
From: Denis DeSilvis - avnacrs4birds at outlook.com

Tweeters,

A cool day (55-64degF start to finish), but with a record 25 participants in today's JBLM Eagles Pride Bird Walk (including four of us from the Seattle Audubon 2002-2003 Master Birder Class), we didn't think we missed too many species (45 ID'd) that might be vocalizing or in sight. Lots of young "squeakers" along the way, with no significant highlights, except for the numbers of individuals from some species, as shown in the list below. Well, I guess the six YELLOW WARBLERS should count as a bit out-of-the-ordinary. Oh, and the fact that two HOUSE WRENS were still at the maintenance shed. One of the wrens was carrying food and entered the lamp area of the street-style light fixture that held the nest last year and this. (I sure hope I got the right years for our Master Birder class -- if not, I bet Kristin or Nancy or Rachel will let me know!)

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:
• August 16
• September 20
• October 18
Anyone is welcome to join us!



>From the eBird Northwest report:



44 species (+1 other taxa)

Pied-billed Grebe 1 Hodge Lake
Red-tailed Hawk 2 Hodge Lake. The nest was empty, but an adult a juvenile were in the area.
Band-tailed Pigeon 6
Anna's Hummingbird 2
Downy Woodpecker 4
Northern Flicker 3
Western Wood-Pewee 15
Willow Flycatcher 4
Pacific-slope Flycatcher 11 Pacific-slope Flycatchers nest throughout the various wooded areas that surround the 27 holes of this golf course. This is by no means a high number, as attested by the regular participants of this bird walk.
Hutton's Vireo 1
Cassin's Vireo 2
Steller's Jay 9
California Scrub-Jay 1
American/Northwestern Crow 5
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1 Hodge Lake
Tree Swallow 15 Most at Hodge Lake
Violet-green Swallow 17 Most at Hodge Lake
Barn Swallow 60 Most at Hodge Lake
Cliff Swallow 12 Hodge Lake
Black-capped Chickadee 18
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 37
Bushtit 24
Red-breasted Nuthatch 7
Brown Creeper 2
House Wren 2
Bewick's Wren 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet 4
Swainson's Thrush 8
American Robin 24
European Starling 52
Cedar Waxwing 7
Yellow Warbler 6
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1
Dark-eyed Junco 14
White-crowned Sparrow 17
Song Sparrow 11
Spotted Towhee 15
Western Tanager 13
Black-headed Grosbeak 2
Red-winged Blackbird 3
Brown-headed Cowbird 12
House Finch 1
Purple Finch 6
Pine Siskin 38
American Goldfinch 7


View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S47304271


May all your birds be identified,

Denis DeSilvis

avnacrs4birds at outlook.com
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