On Thu, 15 Jun 1995, M. Smith wrote:
> 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.

If any tweets out there want their own isle in the San Juans, now may
be your chance. Trump Island -- 30 acres, all in forest -- is for sale for
$2M. If memory serves it is near Lopez Isl. On a related note, I was
wondering if anyone has surveyed bird diversity on uninhabited islands
of various sizes/distances from other islands in the San Juans; seems
like it could be relevant to understanding effects of fragmentation.

David Wright
dwright at u.washington.edu