Subject: Re: White-throated Sparrow
Date: Jan 31 09:46:10 1996
From: Eugene Hunn - hunn at u.washington.edu


This appears to be a general phenomenon. One can search high and low for
many years for some rare bird, then after "breaking the ice/jinx" they
seem to turn up all over. I think they pass the word amongst themselves
that the observer is an OK person.

Gene.

On 31 Jan 1996, GRAVES & WOOD wrote:

> Greetings:
>
> Last weekend I saw my first ever White-throated Sparrow with Gene Hunn's field
> trip on Fir Island. Then yesterday I noticed one mature White-throated in with
> the other sparrows *under my own feeder* here on the east side of Mercer Island.
> Wondering has the cold weather sent it my way, we have virtually no snow here,
> or did it just happen to wander in?
>
> I'll watch for it again today.
>
>
> Frances Wood
> 5200 Butterworth Rd
> Mercer Island, WA 98040
> (206) 232-4757
>
>