Hi folks,

This morning, Jerry Smith and I took a turn around the Scots'-Broom
field back of the Olympia Cheese Co plant (north of the Marvin Road
exit off I-5), for a morning of light birding and to see if the Clay-colored
sparrow that'd been in the NE corner of the field for the last 2 years.

No luck on the sparrow, although we spent 1/2 hour in that quarter of
the brush-lot. The only other people we saw were birder Whittier
Johnson and a few 'kids' in a 4X4 Jeep... the gate to the property
is open. A pleasant morning, nevertheless, with not too many
species seen/heard. We tallied:

Glaucous-winged Gull
Mallard
Canada Geese (moffitti)
Red-tailed Hawks
Rock Dove
Mourning Dove
Crow
Raven - 1
Steller's Jay
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Robin
Brown Creeper - heard
Winter Wren
Bewick's Wren
Black-capped Chickadee
Solitary Vireo - heard
Audubon's Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Chipping Sparrow
Puget Sound White-crowned Sparrow
Song Sparrow - including finding a nest without eggs
Oregon Junco - including finding a nest with 4 eggs
Spotted Towhee
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Brown-headed Cowbirds

Also, saw the ubiquitous Brush Rabbit (Sylvilagus bachmani) as well
as coyote tracks.

Jon. Anderson
Olympia, Washington
festuca at olywa.net