Andy Stepniewski writes:
> I find mention of Grasshopper Sparrows in the "Meadows" Area
> extraordinary. If your describing the highland meadows area along
> Road 37 in the Okanogan Forest, this would be a very unusual find,
> as Grasshopper Sparrows are closely tied to shrub-steppe habitats east
> of the Okanogan River (common on the Colville Plateau southeast of Okanogan).

Andy,
I didn't see any of these sparrows just heard them. In retrospect they may
very well have been Savannas. However, they gave a different call
from the Savannas I had heard a couple of days earlier in Olympia,
much more truncated and dry.
Are Savannas likely in the meadows on 39 ?

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