Paul Moorehead wrote:

> Good day tweets,
>
> Greeted this morning (30 Mar. '00) by the upward slur of notes of an
> orange-crowned sparrow I followed my ears and found this bright
> yellow-bellied guy active in sunny oceanspray branches. This must be a
> royal bird. His crown was huge.

Hmmm......this "orange-crowned sparrow" must be a vagrant from one of the
little known Royal Islands in the mid-pacific. These islands actually float
and only come near the west coast every 1,264 years... give or take a day or
two. The bird can only stay away from the floating island a couple days, any
longer and the island will float too far away for the "orange-crowned
sparrow" to return. This is a once in a life time opportunity!!! Go get um
Ruth :-)

I really need that one on my life list. :-))

Jerry and Sandy Converse
Grand Coulee, WA
mailto:sanjer at televar.com
http://ConverseCorner.com

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