[Tweeters] Steilacoom Bobwhite

[Denis DeSilvis]

While Northern Bobwhites aren’t a native-to-Washington bird, I’ve found them at Joint Base Lewis McChord since 1979, when I started birding there. A population of this species persists in the area on and around the 91st Division Prairie. It’s not out of the question that one from this population has made its way across North Ft Lewis to nearby Steilacoom. (I had one in my yard at Roy in April 2008.)

May all your birds be identified,
Denis DeSilvis
avnacrs 4 birds at outlook dot com
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Sent: Tuesday, July 4, 2023 10:40:27 AM
To: Greg <gjpluth at gmail.com>; tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Steilacoom Bobwhite

Bobwhite are not native to the PNW.  They have been stocked for more than a century but rarely have established sustaining populations.  The greatest likelihood is an escapee.


Hal Michael
Board of Directors,Ecologists Without Borders (http://ecowb.org/)
Olympia WA
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> On 07/04/2023 10:18 AM PDT Greg <gjpluth at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Two days ago around 7am and again this morning at 9am Bobwhite was singing near my friend Cathy’s house on Beech Ave in Steilacoom. A wonderful new yard bird for her! This morning she recorded it with her phone. On both occasions it was corroborated by Merlin. Strangely, if it’s entered under “Explore Birds,” Merlin appears to not believe it occurs here (not in the PN Pack?) We wonder why…

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