Hope I haven't missed much. We're in iteration #9179 of our mailer here at
the Tree Fruit Research Center--hope this one is stable.

I gather the discussion on White-winged Crossbills has been considerable. I
don't get out often as I did, but this weekend Lorna and I made it up to
the Winthrop area for a night of camping. WW Crossbills overhead almost
constantly both at the 30mile campground where we stayed and at Freezeout
Pass the next morning. The number of birds in Washington must be awesome
(excuse my choice of adjectives)!

We also had a hen Spruce Grouse with 5 3/4 grown chicks in the 30mile
campground, and great looks at Boreal Chickadees at Freezeout Pass. There
were several mixed flocks of insectivorous birds along the trail and at
least two of them contained Boreal Chickadees. Not at all as shy as they
are earlier in the summer.

I'm looking forward to hearing from all of you again.

Jerry Tangren
Systems and Programming Professional
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