Tweeters:

I am forwarding this message as it sounds like they need an ID confiramation
and thought some of you may be interested (even though it is slightly
outside of our typical range of coverage).
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Emily Teachout
eteachou at jdwhite.com
Portland, OR

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From: alex7261 at TAO.sou.edu
To: knfbird at ns.sou.edu
Subject: Rosy finches in the Marbles?
Date: Wednesday, July 08, 1998 11:16AM

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>From: PTrail at aol.com
>Date: Wed, 8 Jul 1998 01:46:32 EDT
>To: alex7261 at tao.sou.edu
>Subject: Rosy finches in the Marbles?
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>Hi John --
>
>Hope your summer is going well. This is just a quick note to pass along a
>report of a pair of rosy finches seen on July 4 in the Marble Mountains
>Wilderness by JoAnn Schafer, a colleague of mine at the Forensics Lab. I
>haven't been in the field with JoAnn, but she seems to be a knowledgable
>birder, and is familiar with rosy finches from Crater Lake NP. Although
the
>sighting is surprising at such a low elevation (around 6000'), it would be
>worthwhile for any birders visiting the area to attempt confirmation.
>
>The birds were seen together just west of Campbell Lake on the Shackleford
>Creek Lakes trail (Klamath NF). This trail is entry # 77 in Art
Bernstein's
>"Day-Hikes" book.
>
>Harris (Northwestern California Birds) does not present any summer records
at
>all for rosy finches. A possible breeding record would be noteworthy
indeed.
>Please post this observation on your list, or directly notify any hot
Marble
>Mt birders you know. Thanks!
>
>Pepper
>