On Wed, 18 Jun 1997 tweeters at u.washington.edu wrote:

> Date: Tue, 17 Jun 1997 08:44:16 -0700
> From: Mark Dodge <markdod at microsoft.com>
> To: "'tweeters at u.washington.edu'" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Northern Bobwhite
>
> Neither of these birds are really supposed to be around here --
> particularly the bobwhite -- so I wonder if they are introduced in the
> Crescent Lake area?
>
> =Mark
>


I had a similar experience here in Moscow, ID. While bird-sitting for a
friend, I saw a strange ground bird approach the feeder and eat the
cracked corn intended for the pheasants. A flip through the guides got me
my answer: it was a bobwhite. However, it perplexed me for some time.
The other day, I was looking through a guidebook and came across one of
those little maps--sure enough there are some spots in the NW where
bobwhites hang out. It seems that they must've been introduced; anyone
know for certain?


-Pat
scott931 at uidaho.eud