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<p class="MsoPlainText">Tweeters,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">A cold morning start both for the 11 of us and for the birds at JBLM’s Eagle’s Pride GC on Thursday: 37degF-40degF and only 28 species were seen. Perhaps the cold breeze kept down the numbers of chickadee species, but the fact that no
Red-breasted Nuthatches were seen or heard was very different for this extensive forested site. This is the second month of the winter that no nuthatches were found: also none in December, which was during a very wet day. Of note were the following species:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">AMERICAN ROBIN – 101. This contrasts with only 2 seen last month.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">BUFFLEHEAD – 14<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">MOURNING DOVE – 18 at the usual spot we’ve found them in the Dupont housing area during the winter.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">VARIED THRUSH – 3, the first found this winter.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">The JBLM Eagle's Pride GC birders meet the third Thursday of each month at 8:00AM from March-October and 9:00AM November to February. The 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>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">• February 19<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">• March 19<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">• April 16<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">Everyone is welcome to join us!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">From the eBirdPNW report:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">28 species<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">American Wigeon 24 At the 9th hole pond.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Mallard 2<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Ring-necked Duck 3<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Bufflehead 14<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Hooded Merganser 2 At the Maintenance Pond. A male was found there in January.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Mourning Dove 18 In the usual winter site in the Dupont housing area.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Anna's Hummingbird 3<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Red-tailed Hawk 1<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Hairy Woodpecker 1<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Northern Flicker 9<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Steller's Jay 5<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">California Scrub-Jay 1<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Common Raven 1<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Black-capped Chickadee 4<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Chestnut-backed Chickadee 2<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Ruby-crowned Kinglet 3<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Golden-crowned Kinglet 16<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Pacific Wren 9<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Bewick's Wren 1<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">European Starling 36<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Varied Thrush 3<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">American Robin 101<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">House Finch 7<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Dark-eyed Junco 8<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Golden-crowned Sparrow 5<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Song Sparrow 10<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Spotted Towhee 7<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText">Red-winged Blackbird 1<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText">View this checklist online at <a href="https://ebird.org/checklist/S302518587">
https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Febird.org%2Fchecklist%2FS302518587&data=05%7C02%7C%7C21c82e44a2474fa7e73908de70c8630b%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C639072203120601210%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=FTkJTkwUqpC60fWMAlwNdqpV7rX6oWgGSiIDJzM9bts%3D&reserved=0</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">May all your birds be identified,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Denis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Denis DeSilvis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:none">Avnacrs 4 birds at outlook dot com<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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