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Date: Tue, 28 Apr 98 13:49 PDT
From: ilae at scienceworld.bc.ca (Ingrid Lae)

Hi tweets.

Someone asked if anyone else had been visited by a Harris' Sparrow.

I've also had a Harris' Sparrow coming to my feeder, or rather to the area
under the feeder. I've only seen it on the feeder itself once. I first saw
the bird on Easter Weekend and I've seen it every day that I haven't been
at work since then. It appeared the same weekend as a Yellow Crowned
Sparrow came to keep me company while I mowed the lawn.

The first field guide that I looked in, didn't seem to indicate that it
was very likely to be here. In all I looked in 5 guides and one of them
shows the Harris' Sparrow occasionally veering West during migration. I
have studied the bird now for two weeks and had many good looks through
the scope. It's a very handsome bird, but I've never heard it make a
sound. The guides say that the male and female are similar. Does only the
male sing? Maybe I have a female, or maybe I've just not caught the bird
in the act of singing.

Ingrid Lae
Vancouver, B.C.