Through the 1970s and into the 80s Harris's Sparrows always seemed more
frequent than White-throateds in Washington (but the reverse then in
Oregon). Since that time the situation has reversed in Washington, at least.

Gene Hunn, Seattle, hunnhome at accessone.com.

At 12:40 AM 12/10/97 PST, you wrote:
>** Jerry T. wrote -
>
>> 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.
>
>Over the past 30 years, White-throats have spread westward across the Rockies
>from Northeast BC into the central interior of BC. They are now found regularly
>in summer as far west as Smithers in the eastern foothills of the Coast Range
>and southeast in an arc to about Quesnel and Valemount. I am certain that the
>increase in WA & BC sightings of this species is directly attributable to some
>of this population migrating southward during the fall to the warm coast and
>staying there for the winter.
>
> - Jack
>
>
>Jack Bowling
>Prince George, BC
>jbowling at direct.ca
>
>