[Tweeters] Joint Base Lewis McChord (JBLM) Eagles Pride Golf Course (GC) monthly bird walk - 5-19-2022

[Denis DeSilvis]

Tweeters,
We had great weather (42deg-58degF) and great Spring birding at the JBLM Eagles Pride GC today for the 16 of us that strolled around the loop. Highlights included the following:



- 10 (!) warbler species: NASHVILLE (our first here); YELLOW; YELLOW-RUMPED; MACGILLIVRAY'S; ORANGE-CROWNED; HERMIT; BLACK-THROATED GRAY; WILSON'S; TOWNSEND'S; and COMMON YELLOWTHROAT

- A pair of well-seen and sun-highlighted BULLOCK'S ORIOLES (our first here)

- 21 WESTERN TANAGERS

- 6 OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHERS

- A late-nesting RED-TAILED HAWK (at the usual nest at Hodge Lake)

- 9 EVENING GROSBEAKS

- 6 VAUX'S SWIFTS

- 3 NORTHERN ROUGH-WINGED SWALLOWS

- 10 HOUSE WRENS



Last species of the day: TURKEY VULTURE



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:

* June 16

* July 21

* August 18

Anyone is welcome to join us!




>From the eBirdPNW report:




63 species



Canada Goose  3

Mallard  4

Pied-billed Grebe  3     Hodge Lake

Band-tailed Pigeon  13

Vaux's Swift  6

Anna's Hummingbird  2

Rufous Hummingbird  2

Great Blue Heron  1     13th hole pond

Turkey Vulture  1

Bald Eagle  2

Red-tailed Hawk  3     One on nest at Hodge Lake

Downy Woodpecker  2

Northern Flicker  3

Olive-sided Flycatcher  6

Western Wood-Pewee  6

Willow Flycatcher  2

Hammond's Flycatcher  1

Pacific-slope Flycatcher  2

Warbling Vireo  1

Steller's Jay  5

California Scrub-Jay  2

American Crow  6

Common Raven  4

Black-capped Chickadee  6

Chestnut-backed Chickadee  6

Northern Rough-winged Swallow  3     Hodge Lake

Tree Swallow  22

Violet-green Swallow  10

Barn Swallow  25

Bushtit  2

Golden-crowned Kinglet  2

Red-breasted Nuthatch  5

Brown Creeper  2

House Wren  10

Pacific Wren  2

European Starling  19

Swainson's Thrush  4

American Robin  115

Cedar Waxwing  6

Evening Grosbeak  9

Purple Finch  10

Pine Siskin  15

American Goldfinch  11

Chipping Sparrow  4

Dark-eyed Junco  20

White-crowned Sparrow  8

Song Sparrow  17

Spotted Towhee  6

Bullock's Oriole  2     In Douglas-fir next to maintenance pond

Red-winged Blackbird  6

Brown-headed Cowbird  14

Orange-crowned Warbler  7

Nashville Warbler  1     First time seen on this birdwalk - found near driving range

MacGillivray's Warbler  3

Common Yellowthroat  2

Yellow Warbler  6

Yellow-rumped Warbler  5

Black-throated Gray Warbler  6

Townsend's Warbler  1

Hermit Warbler  1

Wilson's Warbler  4

Western Tanager  21

Black-headed Grosbeak  10



View this checklist online at https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Febird.org%2Fchecklist%2FS110716783&data=05%7C01%7C%7Cf5df3169e312467828bb08da3a0de190%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C637886128535073514%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=VVv4lq7NPR6gmviwK%2FXP4o0uZ1WAtyJS8hkW0Yap%2FlQ%3D&reserved=0


May all your birds be identified,
Denis DeSilvis
Avnacrs 4 birds at outlook.com
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