Date: 1 May 2020
Time: 1830
Location: Joint Base Lewis McChord (JBLM), WA.
Weather
Temp: 60
Wind: 5 MPH
Precipitation: 0”
Cloud Cover: 80%
Group Size: Two
About the area: This military base with some of the last remaining native grass prairie remaining in the northwestern United States.
Habitat: Mix of prairie and oak hard wood forest with creek and marsh.
Observation Point
Location: Training Area 12 JBLM
GPS:
47°01'29.8"N 122°31'30.2"W
47.024955, -122.525059
Notes:
This Yellow-rumped Warbler was forging in the tree tops near Chambers Lake.
SIZE: Sparrow
COLORS: Black, White and Yellow
ACTIVITY: Foraging for food.
Species Identified:
COMMON NAME: Yellow-rumped Warbler
LATIN NAME: Setophaga coronata
GENUS: Setophaga
FAMILY: Parulidae
ORDER: Passeriformes
CLASS: Aves
PHYLUM: Chordata
Backyard bird watching - This owl was initially being harassed by starlings, robins, and other small birds when we first spotted it. It spent a great deal of time keeping a predatorial eye on a foraging squirrel.