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<p class="MsoNormal">Tweeters,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Eight of us showed up at the JBLM Eagle’s Pride GC, all of us dressed for rainy weather. The sun was out when we started, and we never had a drop of rain during our entire outing. Temp range 42degF – 54degF start to finish, with partly
sunny skies starting out and clouding over toward the finish. Besides some of the numbers of individual species, one highlight was a flyover of a GREATER YELLOWLEGS. The only mammals were three black-tailed deer on the 13th hole. (Pete found 48 golf balls
to donate to the VA center at American Lake.)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">At the driving range tee, the first-of-season (FOS) TREE SWALLOWS were present, with more at Hodge Lake. (The nest boxes at Hodge Lake have been repaired and Tree Swallows were already claiming housing.) The only WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS
were also at the driving range area, along with GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROWS, HOUSE FINCHES, and the first of three RED-TAILED HAWKS.
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">The 9th hole pond held RING-NECKED DUCKS and a flyover of FOS BAND-TAILED PIGEONS. A pair of WOOD DUCKS were at the maintenance pond, which is an unusual place to see them, and a couple of MALLARDS were also there, along with AMERICAN
WIDGEONS. Besides another WOOD DUCK pair, Hodge Lake had more Mallards, a pair (?) of PIED-BILLED GREBES, and a handful of BUFFLEHEADS.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Relatively abundant songbirds included PINE SISKINS, PACIFIC WRENS, BEWICK’S WRENS, AMERICAN ROBINS (!), and SPOTTED TOWHEES.<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 starting in March. 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">• April 18<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">• May 16<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">• June 20<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">From the eBird PNW report:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">39 species<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Wood Duck 4<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">American Wigeon 2<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Mallard 5<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Ring-necked Duck 5<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Bufflehead 7<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Pied-billed Grebe 2 Hodge Lake<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Band-tailed Pigeon 3<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Mourning Dove 7<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Anna's Hummingbird 5<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Greater Yellowlegs 1<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Red-tailed Hawk 3<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Northern Flicker 7<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Steller's Jay 9<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">California Scrub-Jay 4<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">American Crow 4<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Common Raven 1<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Black-capped Chickadee 16<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Chestnut-backed Chickadee 22<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Tree Swallow 17<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Ruby-crowned Kinglet 6<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Golden-crowned Kinglet 12<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Red-breasted Nuthatch 5<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Brown Creeper 1<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Pacific Wren 15<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Bewick's Wren 12<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">European Starling 28<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Varied Thrush 11<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">American Robin 110 Located in nearly every fairway we passed by.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">House Finch 9<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Purple Finch 8<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Pine Siskin 40<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Fox Sparrow 2<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Dark-eyed Junco 12<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">White-crowned Sparrow 2<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Golden-crowned Sparrow 6<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Song Sparrow 11<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Spotted Towhee 16<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Red-winged Blackbird 6<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Yellow-rumped Warbler 5<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/S165637453">
https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Febird.org%2Fchecklist%2FS165637453&data=05%7C02%7C%7C481309f96d9946e8a5d808dc4aca54a2%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638467480061963030%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=JOz2Vr%2Bwv0Sz%2FqwTPj6R0YDu0CDc5e0DeIolpu%2F%2BdrY%3D&reserved=0</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<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>
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