Date: 5/22/26 3:46 pm From: Denis DeSilvis via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: [Tweeters] Joint Base Lewis McChord (JBLM) Eagle's Pride Golf Course (GC) monthly bird walk - 5-21-2026
Tweeters,
On a gorgeous day at the JBLM Eagle’s Pride GC, 25 of us meandered around the usual route, taking more time than usual because of the day and the variety (58) of birds. The BULLOCK’S ORIOLES are back (4th year) and hanging around the Douglas-firs across from the driving range hut and next to the maintenance pond. All of us had so-so to excellent views of the pair.
Warblers included NORTHERN YELLOW (30), WILSON’S, ORANGE-CROWNED, YELLOW-RUMPED, BLACK-THROATED GRAY, MACGILLIVRAY’S, and COMMON YELLOWTHROAT. The latter count of SIX was the most ever for this walk. The highlight for three of us was the first LAZULI BUNTING identified for this site’s birdwalk.
A PURPLE MARTIN pair were flying near the nestboxes at Hodge Lake. We’ll be checking these boxes next month to see if, in the meantime, they’ve actually nested there. We’ve only had Tree Swallows and Northern House Wrens occupying this grouping of nestboxes, which were put up several years ago by the JBLM biologists specifically to attract Purple Martins.
No waterfowl except a lone PIED-BILLED GREBE and one CANADA GOOSE – an unusual occurrence despite the season.
The only mammal spotted was a Douglas squirrel.
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:
• June 18
• July 16
• August 20
Everyone is welcome!
The complete eBird list is below:
Eagles Pride GC, Pierce, Washington, US
May 21, 2026 8:08 AM - 12:48 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.2 mile(s)
Checklist Comments: Sunny day (49degF-73degF) with no breeze until the last hour of the walk. Highlights included the first Lazuli Bunting found on this site (13 years of records); 30 Northern Yellow Warblers; and seven warbler species for the day. Six MacGillivray's Warblers were the high count for any year. One Anna's Hummingbird was found on nest (9th hole pond).
58 species
Canada Goose 1
Band-tailed Pigeon 13
Anna's Hummingbird 7 Includes one on nest at the 9th hole pond.
Killdeer 1
Pied-billed Grebe 1 At Hodge Lake.
Turkey Vulture 1
Osprey 1
Bald Eagle 2
Red-tailed Hawk 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 4
Olive-sided Flycatcher 1
Western Wood-Pewee 12
Willow Flycatcher 3
Hammond's Flycatcher 1
Western Flycatcher 5
Hutton's Vireo 2
Western Warbling Vireo 3
Steller's Jay 6
American Crow 3
Black-capped Chickadee 6
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 3
Tree Swallow 10
Violet-green Swallow 6
Purple Martin 2 At Hodge Lake.
Barn Swallow 25
Bushtit 8
Golden-crowned Kinglet 2
Red-breasted Nuthatch 10
Brown Creeper 7
Northern House Wren 7
Pacific Wren 5
Bewick's Wren 3
European Starling 20
Swainson's Thrush 15
American Robin 60
Cedar Waxwing 18
House Finch 4
Purple Finch 5
American Goldfinch 3
Chipping Sparrow 5
Dark-eyed Junco 8
White-crowned Sparrow 22
Song Sparrow 39
Spotted Towhee 6
Bullock's Oriole 2 At same site as in previous 4 years - in Douglas-firs near maintenance pond.
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Brown-headed Cowbird 24
Orange-crowned Warbler 5
MacGillivray's Warbler 6
Common Yellowthroat 1
Northern Yellow Warbler 30
Yellow-rumped Warbler 4
Black-throated Gray Warbler 1
Wilson's Warbler 6
Western Tanager 12
Black-headed Grosbeak 8
Lazuli Bunting 1 First sighting of this species at JBLM Eagle's Pride GC.
