Waxwings and robins have been moving through the Vancouver/Portland area
in similar numbers. Haven't had a white-throated at my feeder yet, but
golden-crowned have outnumber white-crowneds. Had a song sparrow as
well. RK


On Tue, 10 Oct 1995, Dennis Paulson wrote:

> If you keep watch on the sky, that same sky that was filled with Turkey
> Vultures a week or so ago, you'll see flocks of robins and Cedar Waxwings
> zooming overhead, often (but not always) southward bound. The traffic is
> substantial but sporadic. As Gene wrote, this is their time of year.
> Starlings are migrating now, too. Yellow-rumped Warblers are on the move
> by the hundreds (thousands? tens of thousands?); all of the many I saw at
> Spencer Island Sunday were "Myrtles." A lot of Golden-crowned Sparrows
> moved in last weekend, with a small number of White-throateds apparently
> accompanying them. A White-throat came in with a Golden-crown flock on
> Vashon Island Saturday (Gary Shugart), same day one appeared in my yard.
>
> Dennis Paulson, Director phone: (206) 756-3798
> Slater Museum of Natural History fax: (206) 756-3352
> University of Puget Sound e-mail: dpaulson at ups.edu
> Tacoma, WA 98416
>
>
>

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