Subject: Re: Townsend's solitaire
Date: Oct 5 09:24:32 1995
From: "M. Smith" - whimbrel at u.washington.edu


On Wed, 4 Oct 1995 jbroadus at seanet.com wrote:
> I am checking the "facts" for an article I am writing about a trip to the
> cascades and I was told that our sighting of a Townsend's Solitaire at 3500
> ft was unusual. Can anyone tell me if this is a lower than normal

I wouldn't say it was outrageously low. I found a nest near Blewett Pass
two years ago, which isn't much higher than that, and this species is
common at the Camas Crk. Burn, of similar elevation. This spring, this
species was common in pines at lower elevations below Satus Pass.

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