Thanks Andy (& Jerry), I didn't think about a mostly easterly migration.
Why a bird would leave the beautiful Bickleton area for our 100+ degree (F)
weather is beyond me!

Craig
ccorder at eoni.com


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>Chipping Sparrows are common summer residentsin the ponderosa pine zone
>just west of Bickleton and in the Blue Mountains, both sites about 40 air
>miles from Umatilla.
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>Andy Stepniewski
>Wapato WA
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>> Birders, We were surprised to see an adult CHIPPING SPARROW
>> today, July 13, on the Umatilla NWR in Benton County WA.
>> We think definitely an early migrant.
>> Where is the nearest nesting population? 150 miles away?
>>
>> Craig Corder & Judy Stevens
>> Hermiston, Oregon, USA
>> Umatilla County in north/central/eastern Oregon
>> ccorder at eoni.com
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