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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Tweeters,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Cool start (37deg - 44deg) for a nice hot birding day for the 20 of us at the JBLM Eagles Pride GC. Primo for us was a male PINE GROSBEAK (PIGR) that we first heard (what's that mechanical-sounding call?) and then saw at the top of a
Douglas-fir. (We may have had a second PIGR, possibly a female or immature, but no positive ID on it.) The second notable sighting was the 10 (!) TOWNSEND'S WARBLERS in a flock. The PIGR, as you can well imagine, was a first for this birdwalk, but the Townsend’s
flock was as unexpected as the grosbeak.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">The JBLM Eagle's Pride GC birders meet the third Thursday of each month at 8:00AM except for November to February, when the start time changes to 9:00AM. Starting point is the Driving Range building, Eagle's Pride Golf Course, I-5 Exit
116, Mounts Road Exit. (Turn left immediately after entering the parking lot to take the road leading to the driving range building.) Upcoming walks include the following:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">• December 21 (start time – 9AM)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">• January 18 (start time – 9AM)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">• February 15 (start time – 9AM)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">From the eBird PNW report:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">35 species (+1 other taxa)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Northern Shoveler 5<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">American Wigeon 10<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Mallard 18<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Green-winged Teal 2<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Ring-necked Duck 5<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Bufflehead 5<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Hooded Merganser 1<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Pied-billed Grebe 1<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Anna's Hummingbird 1<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Great Blue Heron 1<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Red-breasted Sapsucker 1<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Hairy Woodpecker 1<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Downy/Hairy Woodpecker 1<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Northern Flicker 5<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Steller's Jay 18<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">California Scrub-Jay 2<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">American Crow 14<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Black-capped Chickadee 18<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Chestnut-backed Chickadee 24<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Bushtit 27<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Golden-crowned Kinglet 25<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Red-breasted Nuthatch 5<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Brown Creeper 3<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Pacific Wren 8<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Bewick's Wren 2<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">European Starling 8<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Varied Thrush 8<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">American Robin 5<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Pine Grosbeak 1 Large finch (Red-winged Blackbird/American Robin size) with straight bill, red crown and rump, quick scope view, repetitive call matching flight call. Possible second bird, female or immature, briefly spotted but
no positive ID. Seen/heard by most of observers.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Fox Sparrow 7<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Dark-eyed Junco 40<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Golden-crowned Sparrow 10<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Song Sparrow 8<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Spotted Towhee 3<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Townsend's Warbler 10 Flocking together.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">View this checklist online at <a href="https://ebird.org/checklist/S154651165">
https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Febird.org%2Fchecklist%2FS154651165&data=05%7C01%7C%7C51ee2bdaa6f043ab946808dbe7daeb95%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638358699664117024%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=bDc%2B9QA9KntZC%2ByiZrN4mWFsJ3ugO4oMsf9zcr7LAP0%3D&reserved=0</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">May all your birds be identified,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Denis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Denis DeSilvis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Avnacrs 4 birds at outlook dot com<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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