Richard,

I hope this gets to you before you head back to Seattle. I meant to post
it before you left for the Blues, but never got around to it.

Great Gray Owls breed in the Wallawas directly south in Oregon. When Mike
Smith and I were in the Washington Blues, we visited the Grouse Flats
area, and pegged it as ideal Great Gray habitat: wet meadows mixed with
woodlands. Unfortunately, it was our last day, and we couldn't stay an
extra night to do some calling. If you have time, check it out! You
might be able to add to the Washington breeding range for this bird.

Green-tailed towhee: I heard a single call from a bird that *might* have
been a G-t Towhee along Devil's Tailbone Ridge, on the southeast facing
slope. (Garfield County, near the Asotin County line, T08 R42E). You'll
most likely only find G-t Towhees on the eastern side, on south-east
facing slopes, at mid to high elevations, where the veg is a mix of
shrubs, herbs, and tree patches.


Kelly Cassidy -- Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
Box 357980, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98195
kelly at u.washington.edu --- 206-685-4195 --- 206-368-8076