Date: 2/20/26 2:25 pm From: Denis DeSilvis via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: [Tweeters] Joint Base Lewis McChord (JBLM) Eagle's Pride Golf Course (GC) monthly bird walk - 2-19-2026
Tweeters,
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:
AMERICAN ROBIN - 101. This contrasts with only 2 seen last month.
BUFFLEHEAD - 14
MOURNING DOVE - 18 at the usual spot we've found them in the Dupont housing area during the winter.
VARIED THRUSH - 3, the first found this winter.
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:
* February 19
* March 19
* April 16
Everyone is welcome to join us!
From the eBirdPNW report:
28 species
American Wigeon 24 At the 9th hole pond.
Mallard 2
Ring-necked Duck 3
Bufflehead 14
Hooded Merganser 2 At the Maintenance Pond. A male was found there in January.
Mourning Dove 18 In the usual winter site in the Dupont housing area.
