On Mon, 9 Oct 1995 MWKG at aol.com wrote:
> If the insects are there can the birds be far behind.

I was up there two years ago, and hiked down to the stream pouring out of
Spirit Lake, which had a higher Yellow Warbler density than most places
on Earth. Also a singing Rock Wren, nesting Mt. Bluebirds and Hairy
Woodpeckers in burn-snags. Lots of stuff up there. I just wonder what
happened to the poor little ptarmigan who happened to live on the
northern face when it blew. Maybe some of them provided first N. Dakota
records for that species! Ka-blam!

At the Fill this afternoon, a Kestrel was around, plus a small flock of
Yellow-rumped Warblers. Things seem to be pretty active lately. Early
last week reports of a Northern Shrike, followed by a Lapland Longspur
and two Western Meadowlarks on Friday, a singing Fox Sparrow on Sunday,
and a Kestrel today. At Magnuson on Saturday, a Golden-crowned Sparrow
was a sign of winter to come (if the rain hadn't convinced you yet), and
a small flock of pipits was flitting around. I searched in the vain hope
of one of them having a red throat...

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