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

Denis DeSilvis avnacrs4birds at outlook.com
Thu May 19 20:34:12 PDT 2022


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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