On Thu, 21 Sep 1995, Burton Guttman wrote:
> But I don't associate the Chestnut-backs particularly with winter. As I
> Chestnut-backed. I haven't been making notes about all these birds, but
> do I have a totally wrong impression? What do other folks see?

Well no, I was talking very *locally* here. If you live anywhere with
good-sized conifers, you can have Chestnut-backeds (Ravenna Park in
Seattle has them, as well as other spots). However, where I live (across
from Magnuson Park), trees are mostly deciduous, except for the 4-5
conidfers right out front. So in my yard, Chestnut-backeds are a sign of
atumn/winter. They are not here in the summer. But I'm sure several
tweets have them breeding in their yards, if they live in the right spots.

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