Gene,

Congratulations on a great discovery! This is a very rare bird
anywhere west of the Cascades. To the best of my knowledge, there are
only two records of Brewer's Sparrow for the Vancouver, B.C. area--
one on May 14, 1976, and one on September 14, 1980, both on Sea
Island.
It's good to know you haven't lost your talent for finding
rarities!

Wayne C. Weber
Kamloops, B.C.
wayne_weber at bc.sympatico.ca


-----Original Message-----
From: ENHunn at aol.com <ENHunn at aol.com>
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Date: Saturday, April 29, 2000 3:34 PM
Subject: Brewer's Sparrow at Marymoor Park


>Hello tweets,
>
>About noon today, Saturday, Apr. 29, at Marymoor Park near Redmond I
heard a
>Brewer's Sparrow singing (a complex of buzzy trills) and subsequently
>observed it (small, longish tailed sparrow with a clear tan breast,
very
>plain face, plain brown cap finely streaked darker) at close range. I
heard
>it from the paved walk that heads south toward the lake from the east
side of
>the dog exercise area between observation points #2 and #3 (marked
with small
>green tags on posts). It was at the edge of the meadow about 50 m
east of the
>path at that point. An informal trail leaves the paved path at
observation
>point #3. Follow this along the edge of the meadow about 100 m to
where the
>brush opens up to the east. That's where it was. There was a Western
Kingbird
>at the same location. This is my first for this species for King
County and
>Western Washington, but it is right on schedule for a displaced
northbound
>migrant.
>
>Gene Hunn, ENHunn at aol.com