>Winnie Hepburn and Marilyn Smith report a flock of 5 BUSHTITS just
>south of Pomeroy, Washington this past week. Head south from
>Pomeroy on WA 128 toward Columbia Center. The birds were in a
>brushy area 0.4 mile down the grade. WA DeLorme p. 42, A4.

It would be extremely interesting to determine whether these are the same
subspecies that occurs in the Yakima area, individuals of which are
basically brown like those of western WA, or the "lead-colored" bushtit
that occurs in the Rockies and southern Oregon, which is quite gray, almost
without brown tones. A specimen of the latter was collected years ago in
Yakima Co., the only WA record.

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