[Tweeters] JBLM - Western Kingbird and Purple Martins

[Denis DeSilvis via Tweeters]

Tweeters,
I drove a few miles on paved roads around the 91st Division Prairie at the Ft. Lewis part of Joint Base Lewis McChord (JBLM) today looking for nesting Western Bluebirds - found none in the cool (!) rain. However, two sightings stood out:

WESTERN KINGBIRD - at 47deg 2' 5" N; 122deg 33' 48" W. (Road name unknown on east side of 91st Div. Prairie.) Well seen at 12:56pm and will enter this on eBird tomorrow. Feeding from Scotch broom to ground. First I've found on this side of JBLM for a decade.

PURPLE MARTIN - at 47deg 1' 58" N; 122deg 35' 2"N, east of observation post 8 at 1:30pm. No big deal to find these here, but the 23 of them hanging out in a double snag on the north side of Story Road was a notable finding.

May all your birds be identified,
Denis DeSilvis
avnacrs 4 birds at outlook dot com
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