Subject: kent Ponds trip
Date: Jan 25 22:14:18 1999
From: S. Downes - sdownes at u.washington.edu



On Mon, 25 Jan 1999, Michael P Dossett wrote:


> the gulls that I didn't bother to identify, the domestic goose, and the
> Virginia Rails and Sora which were heard only).

Tweets who were on the FT,

I don't want to be skeptical, but are the people on the Field Trip sure
they had Sora? This is a very good winter bird and it seems like its being
passed off as "just another species". I have not been aware of a previous
report of a Sora at the ponds this winter, if I am missing something,
somebody can jump in. However I have heard VIRA sound very similar to SORA
in on a couple of CBC's yet listening for more calls the bird finally
revealed itself as a VIRA. I have personally only ever had 1 Sora on all
the CBC's I've done and that was a visual sighting. So it might be a Sora
but I would like to have something else mentioned, besides just a listing
of a Sora.

Also was the Swamp Sparrow reported the same one as one found
near the ponds earlier in the winter? Along Russell road I believe?

Scott Downes
sdownes at u.washington.edu
Seattle WA