Patrick Sullivan wrote:

> Hello Tweets,
>
> I recieved a message concerning 13 species of sparrows at the Skagitt WRA.
> The species I considered under the sparrow family include:
>
> Green-tailed Towhee
> Spotted Towhee
> Oregon Junco
> White-crowned Sparrow
> White-throated Sparrow
> Golden-crowned Sparrow
> Fox Sparrow
> Lincoln's Sparrow
> House Sparrow
> Harris Sparrow
> Savannah Sparrow
> Song Sparrow
> Am.Tree Sparrow
>
> I am sorry if you feel otherwise about this list,then there would ACTUALLY
> be 9 species.Let me know.
>
> Patrick Sullivan
> GODWIT at worldnet.att.net
>

A couple comments or questions:

If we're going to be purists this morning--let's say 12 species and drop
the House Sparrow from the list?

Are White-throated Sparrow reports increasing in number? Seems to be
this used to be a very rare bird in Washington, but we're now getting
reports from just about everywhere throughout the state--not in
numbers but recently many reports have included White-throated Sparrows.
--
Jerry Tangren <tangren at wsu.edu>