Tweeters,

Today was the lull between the storms at JBLM Eagles Pride GC, and quite warm for the season (52degF at start and 64degF at the end of the walk) - not that the 14 of us were complaining! Not much in the way of vocalizing forest birds, but we had a few interesting surprises and some first-of-season sightings (FOS):



1. A well-heard CASSIN'S VIREO, that even responded to one playback

2. Fifty-three (53!), by actual count, HOODED MERGANSERS at Hodge Lake

3. Three VARIED THRUSHES (FOS)

4. 17 AMERICAN WIGEONS (FOS)

5. 3 RING-NECKED DUCKS (FOS)

6. GREEN-WINGED TEAL, which may be only our second record for the walk (FOS)

7. 5 RED CROSSBILLS



Mammals today included four black-tailed deer, two Douglas's squirrels, one rabbit, one coyote, and a long-tailed weasel.



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:

* November 18

* December 16

* January 20 (Welcome 2022!)

Anyone is welcome to join us!




>From the eBird PNW report:


34 species



Cackling Goose 35

American Wigeon 17

Mallard 27

Green-winged Teal 1 Hodge Lake

Ring-necked Duck 3 Hodge Lake

Hooded Merganser 53 All at Hodge Lake - mixture of adult males, adult females, and a whole bunch of what appeared to be immature birds. This was likely a slight undercount because some birds were diving and may not have been counted in the total.

Pied-billed Grebe 1 Hodge Lake

Band-tailed Pigeon 4

Anna's Hummingbird 6

Cooper's Hawk 1

Bald Eagle 1 Last bird of the walk

Red-tailed Hawk 1

Red-breasted Sapsucker 1

Downy Woodpecker 2

Northern Flicker 5

Cassin's Vireo 1 A totally unexpected species - heard only, but identified by at least 5 of us. As one observer noted: "If this was in July, there would be no problem in identifying the vocalization of this bird." The bird did respond to a callback, but no visual sighting. Heard along road behind Hodge Lake. Unfortunately, no one thought to use a phone to capture the calls!

Steller's Jay 10

American Crow 67

Black-capped Chickadee 7

Chestnut-backed Chickadee 8

Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3

Golden-crowned Kinglet 9

Red-breasted Nuthatch 12

Brown Creeper 1

Pacific Wren 8

Bewick's Wren 3

European Starling 34

Varied Thrush 3

American Robin 50

Red Crossbill 5

Fox Sparrow 4

Dark-eyed Junco 40

Song Sparrow 16

Spotted Towhee 4



View this checklist online at https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Febird.org%2Fchecklist%2FS96529557&data=04%7C01%7C%7Cc6d3732498004def1d1f08d994f8d4ee%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637704618735828249%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=wLbBUm0o%2FKkzuBTV%2BfhoG2t6v2NJzkOZFL64HELleWk%3D&reserved=0

May all your birds be identified,

Denis DeSilvis
avnacrs 4 birds at outlook dot com

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