[Tweeters] Eagle's Pride walk

[Kenneth Brown via Tweeters]

A dozen of us met up at the driving range shed without Denis DeSilvis, the founder and leader of this monthly walk.  Hopefully he is finding Australia as fascinating as it seems from afar.  Here it was overcast but warm, for mid-December, almost the Winter Solstice.  The sun broke through, the walk was beautiful and the company enjoyable.
 
The most numerous species was Pine Siskin.  Varied Thrush were seen and heard throughout the walk.  A pair of Bald Eagles flew south over us, a bit unusual for this walk, despite the place name.  More California Scrub-jays than usual were making a racket along the northern perimeter road, we searched but never found the object of their agitation.  Our most obvious misses, beside Denis, were:  no Red-tailed Hawk, no warblers of any kind, no Hummingbird, no Pied-billed Grebe on Hodges Lake.  We hope for better luck in the new year, next month.  See the checklist below.
 
 
Eagles Pride GC, Pierce, Washington, US
Dec 19, 2024 8:48 AM - 12:07 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.2 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     Monthly Bird Walk on Third Thursday. Overcast and 47° at the start, with sun breaks and 50° F at the end.
29 species (+1 other taxa)

Canada Goose  1
American Wigeon  7
Mallard  24
Bufflehead  8
Mourning Dove  2
Western x Glaucous-winged Gull (hybrid)  1
Bald Eagle  2
Downy Woodpecker (Pacific)  1
Northern Flicker  3
Steller's Jay (Coastal)  7
California Scrub-Jay  5
American Crow  30
Common Raven  5
Black-capped Chickadee  2
Chestnut-backed Chickadee  16
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  2
Golden-crowned Kinglet  22
Red-breasted Nuthatch  16
Brown Creeper  1
Pacific Wren  4
Varied Thrush  15
American Robin  17
Red Crossbill  13
Pine Siskin  115
Fox Sparrow (Sooty)  3
Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)  22
Golden-crowned Sparrow  2
Song Sparrow (rufina Group)  5
Spotted Towhee (oregonus Group)  4
Red-winged Blackbird  3

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S205944577
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