[Tweeters] Eagle's Pride monthly walk.

[Kenneth Brown via Tweeters]

It was cool and dry with little to no wind when thirteen birders began the walk this morning.  We heard and saw Red Crossbills while still in the parking lot, as well as a perched young Red-tailed Hawk.  A cooperative Townsend's Warbler showed himself as soon as we got moving.  A first for this walk was a female Eurasian Wigeon tagging along with American Wigeon.  It seemed as if Varied Thrush were everywhere we went, and Junco's were in larger flocks than usual.  Our most noticeable misses; no species of Wren, no Pied-billed Grebe, no gulls, no California Scrub-jay.  The complete checklist follows.
 
 
Eagles Pride GC, Pierce, Washington, US
Jan 16, 2025 8:30 AM - 12:13 PM
Protocol: Traveling
3.03 mile(s)
Checklist Comments:     Overcast/high fog, light variable breeze at 0-3 knots, and 37- ° F.
33 species (+1 other taxa)

Cackling Goose (minima)  4
Canada Goose  13
Eurasian Wigeon  1     Female, with a reddish brown head
American Wigeon  14
Mallard  6
Ring-necked Duck  5
Bufflehead  4
Mourning Dove  22
Bald Eagle  2
Red-tailed Hawk (calurus/alascensis)  2
Northern Flicker  1
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted)  1
Merlin  1
Steller's Jay (Coastal)  14
American Crow  6
Black-capped Chickadee  6
Chestnut-backed Chickadee  32
Bushtit (Pacific)  19
Golden-crowned Kinglet  8
Red-breasted Nuthatch  18
Brown Creeper  2
European Starling  16
Varied Thrush  48
American Robin  11
House Finch  4
Red Crossbill  14
Pine Siskin  45
Fox Sparrow (Sooty)  2
Dark-eyed Junco (Oregon)  58
Golden-crowned Sparrow  22
Song Sparrow (rufina Group)  6
Spotted Towhee (oregonus Group)  3
Red-winged Blackbird  2
Townsend's Warbler  1

View this checklist online at https://ebird.org/checklist/S209548334
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