On Thu, 15 Jun 1995, Dennis Paulson wrote:
> The Fox Sparrows are exciting. The only place Fox Sparrows were known to
> breed in the western WA lowlands recently, to my knowledge, was around Cape
> Flattery, a population of _Passerella iliaca fuliginosa_, which breeds from

Add to the list Yellow Island, a small island owned by TNC near Orcas. I
just checked my DeLorme, and find that it's not named, and I'm not sure I
remember which little unnamed blob it is. Any TNC people lurking who
could help us? I went out there in May 1993 with some TNC people and the
refuge manager said they nested there, after we saw one (a dark
subspecies, I assume _fuliginosa_) and heard another singing.
This island is tiny, so I can't imagine it supports many of them.

Also had a similar form singing from coastal brush at Cannon Beach, OR,
in late April of this year. But that could be a late wintering bird.

BTW, if any of you have private boats or sea kayaks, Yellow I. is a
fabulous place to visit - no houses except a small cabin for the manager.
Can't camp there either. Half the island is treeless with an incredible
diversity of wildflowers in May. The manager had mapped out 7 Rufous
Hummingbird territories in an area roughly 5 acres. That's packing them
pretty tight. I suppose the lepidopterist would like it also...

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Michael R. Smith
Univ. of Washington, Seattle
whimbrel at u.washington.edu
http://salmo.cqs.washington.edu/~wagap/mike.html