Date: 3/20/25 6:25 pm From: Denis DeSilvis via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: [Tweeters] Joint Base Lewis McChord (JBLM) Eagle's Pride Golf Course (GC) monthly bird walk - 03-20-2025
Tweeters,
A baker's dozen of us braved the chilly (40-46degF - 30-38degF real-feel) and rainy (at times) day at JBLM Eagle's Pride GC. Despite the weather, we managed to glean some interesting sightings on our usual route.
EURASIAN WIGEON - the female continues to hang out at the 9th hole pond (Jan-Mar).
RUFOUS HUMMINGBIRD (FOS) - female gathering "fluff" from a cattail at the maintenance pond.
GLAUCOUS-WINGED GULL - flyover. We rarely have gulls of any kind on our birdwalks.
HUTTON'S VIREO - two very well seen about a hundred yards from where we found one last month.
Note: Although we listed 300 Pine Siskins, that was merely an estimate. As with last month, they were noisily chattering and singing all along our route. The number could well be in the high hundreds or even more.
Mammals included several Douglas squirrels, a Townsend's chipmunk, two Columbian black-tailed deer, and the first Eastern gray squirrel we found on our route. (They are found around the clubhouse and in the Dupont housing area.)
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 is at 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:
* April 17
* May 15
* June 19
From the eBirdPNW report:
39 species
Canada Goose 1
Eurasian Wigeon 1 Continues (Jan-Mar) at the 9th hole pond
American Wigeon 5
Mallard 14
Ring-necked Duck 8
Bufflehead 17 2 at the 9th hole pond; 15 at Hodge Lake
Hooded Merganser 3 12th hole pond.
Mourning Dove 4
Anna's Hummingbird 2
Rufous Hummingbird 1 Gathering "fluff" from cattail
Glaucous-winged Gull 1
Pied-billed Grebe 1 Hodge Lake
Great Blue Heron 1 12th hole pond
Bald Eagle 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 5
Hutton's Vireo 2
Steller's Jay 6
California Scrub-Jay 1
American Crow 13
Black-capped Chickadee 15
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 7
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 2
Golden-crowned Kinglet 6
Red-breasted Nuthatch 16
Brown Creeper 2
Pacific Wren 2
Bewick's Wren 3
European Starling 3
Varied Thrush 6
American Robin 45
House Finch 8
Red Crossbill 5
Pine Siskin 300
Dark-eyed Junco 20
Song Sparrow 17
Spotted Towhee 9
Red-winged Blackbird 4
