[Tweeters] Joint Base Lewis McChord (JBLM) Eagle's Pride Golf Course (GC) monthly bird walk - 9-21-2023

[Denis DeSilvis]

Tweeters,

A baker's dozen of us toured the JBLM Eagle's Pride GC forests and fairway edges on Thursday, which started out cool (43degF - all folks dressed for success and several of us with gloves on), but finished fairly warm (61degF) after a fine day with some new seasonal birds. The major highlight came at Hodge Lake where we saw three GREATER YELLOWLEGS (GRYE) feeding at the muddy edges. These were the first GRYE we've seen on the ground feeding in the 10 years of this walk; all others were flyovers.

Other highlights included several first-of-season (FOS) sightings:

- VARIED THRUSH: 3 - FOS

- FOX SPARROW: 2 - FOS

- GOLDEN-CROWNED SPARROW: 1 - FOS

- BAND-TAILED PIGEON: 54 - and likely more on back of trees, but these were the ones we could see.

- PILEATED WOODPECKER: 1 - This wouldn't be such a highlight except we saw this one flying; we usually only hear them.

- RED-BREASTED SAPSUCKER: 4 - a high count for this site

- HOODED MERGANSER: 18 - They seemingly like Hodge Lake in the early spring and fall



Mammals include 10 (!) black-tailed deer (9 near the 9th-hole pond); one rabbit and several Douglas squirrels.



The JBLM Eagle's Pride GC birders meet the third Thursday of each month at 8:00AM. Starting point is Bldg # 1514, Driving Range Tee, Eagle's Pride Golf Course, I-5 Exit 116, Mounts Road Exit. Upcoming walks include the following:

* October 19

* November 16 (start time will change to 9am) * December 21 (9am start time) Everyone is welcome to join us!




>From the eBird PNW report:




36 species



Canada Goose  13

Wood Duck  10     Seven at the 9th-hole pond and 3 at Hodge Lake

Mallard  30

Hooded Merganser  18     At Hodge Lake

Pied-billed Grebe  3     At Hodge Lake

Band-tailed Pigeon  54     Most in trees near the Dupont housing area

Anna's Hummingbird  4

Greater Yellowlegs  3     Feeding at Hodge Lake - in 10 years, all other sightings have been flyovers. Well seen by all.

Red-tailed Hawk  2

Red-breasted Sapsucker  4     High count for Eagle's Pride GC

Hairy Woodpecker  1

Pileated Woodpecker  1

Northern Flicker  8

Hutton's Vireo  1

Steller's Jay  13

California Scrub-Jay  2

American Crow  2

Common Raven  1

Black-capped Chickadee  12

Chestnut-backed Chickadee  7

Golden-crowned Kinglet  12

Red-breasted Nuthatch  5

Brown Creeper  1

Bewick's Wren  3

European Starling  11

Varied Thrush  3     FOS

American Robin  20

House Finch  2

Fox Sparrow  2     FOS

Dark-eyed Junco  24

White-crowned Sparrow  4

Golden-crowned Sparrow  1     FOS

Song Sparrow  25

Spotted Towhee  10

Yellow-rumped Warbler  2

Townsend's Warbler  1


View this checklist online at https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Febird.org%2Fchecklist%2FS150488512&data=05%7C01%7C%7C55d37081e4034d87268e08dbbb91c4d1%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C638310006974383480%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=uGG9tvUOdsFwdghgnh%2FtVVK4HxM6QLFH7VvUct8IL5M%3D&reserved=0<https://ebird.org/checklist/S150488512>

May all your birds be identified,
Denis

Denis DeSilvis
Avnacrs 4 birds at outlook dot com

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