> Many of the recent postings about them seem to be from suburban locations.
> Our house is in Seattle's Wedgwood neighborhood, NE of UW. I was wondering
> how many urban sightings there were last week. I notice the Seattle CBC is
> up from last year, but still far below the CBC averages Gene Hunn's book
> reported for the 70's and 80's. Thanks to Wallis Bolz for the posting
> about them in the Arboretum, as I'd also wondered about good places to
> observe them in Seattle.

I live in the Lake City neighborhood in NE Seattle. It's pretty urban,
but with clumps of evergreens. As I said, I *hear* them from October
to March, but usually only very early in the morining and the song
is a creaky, quieter version of the spring song.

Kelly Cassidy