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<p class="MsoNormal">Tweeters,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">A cool (48degF), cloudy start ended mostly sunny and 60degF with some nice Spring birding for the 19 of us that looped around the JBLM Eagle’s Pride GC on Thursday, May 16. The walk started with a great sighting: BULLOCK’S ORIOLE pair
at the maintenance pond – the third Spring we’ve had this species here at this exact spot. It appeared that the female was starting a nest in a Douglas-fir (!) at the side of the pond. We’ll see if this possible nest site proves valid next month.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Other notable sightings include the following:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">First-of-year (FOY) for WESTERN WOOD-PEWEE, CEDAR WAXWING, HOUSE WREN, WESTERN TANAGER, WESTERN FLYCATCHER, SWAINSON’S THRUSH, WARBLING VIREO, EVENING GROSBEAK, BLACK-HEADED GROSBEAK, PURPLE MARTIN, OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER, and RUFOUS
HUMMINGBIRD. Plus see below for warblers.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">YELLOW (FOY), YELLOW-RUMPED, MACGILLIVRAY’S (FOY), WILSON’S (FOY), BLACK-THROATED GRAY (FOY), ORANGE-CROWNED, AND TOWNSEND’S WARBLER, plus COMMON YELLOWTHROAT for 8 of the 9 warbler species we were hoping to tally. (No Hermit Warbler,
but maybe next month.)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">All three expected vireos: HUTTON'S, WARBLING, and CASSIN'S, with the latter on a nest (photo attached).<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">• June 20<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">• July 18<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">• August 15<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Everyone is welcome to join us!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">From the eBirdPNW report:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">58 species<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Mallard 3<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Pied-billed Grebe 2<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Band-tailed Pigeon 15<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Anna's Hummingbird 3<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Rufous Hummingbird 1<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Bald Eagle 4<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Red-tailed Hawk 4<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Downy Woodpecker 1<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Hairy Woodpecker 2<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Northern Flicker 5<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Olive-sided Flycatcher 1<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Western Wood-Pewee 6<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Western Flycatcher 4<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Hutton's Vireo 4<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Cassin's Vireo 4<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Warbling Vireo 6<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Steller's Jay 3<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">American Crow 2<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Black-capped Chickadee 15<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Chestnut-backed Chickadee 12<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Tree Swallow 20<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Violet-green Swallow 6<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Purple Martin 2<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Barn Swallow 15<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Bushtit 7<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Golden-crowned Kinglet 2<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Red-breasted Nuthatch 6<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Brown Creeper 2<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">House Wren 7<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Pacific Wren 2<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Bewick's Wren 2<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">European Starling 4<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Swainson's Thrush 5<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">American Robin 50<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Cedar Waxwing 6<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Evening Grosbeak 15<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">House Finch 6<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Purple Finch 20<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Pine Siskin 20<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">American Goldfinch 9<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Chipping Sparrow 2<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Dark-eyed Junco 8<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">White-crowned Sparrow 9<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Song Sparrow 15<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Spotted Towhee 10<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Bullock's Oriole 2<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Red-winged Blackbird 4<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Brown-headed Cowbird 35<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Orange-crowned Warbler 5<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">MacGillivray's Warbler 3<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Common Yellowthroat 3<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Yellow Warbler 18<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Yellow-rumped Warbler 6<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Black-throated Gray Warbler 12<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Townsend's Warbler 1<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Wilson's Warbler 16<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Western Tanager 15<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Black-headed Grosbeak 12<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/S175210458">
https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Febird.org%2Fchecklist%2FS175210458&data=05%7C02%7C%7Cea5a7b06c5304536a4be08dc76dcb3c3%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638515937488203611%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Fk7z84YKUnzi8ZF%2BavOxJCkdengTvZjLYYfLCb1uQwI%3D&reserved=0</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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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