What a great Sunday morning -- I turned up a beautiful male painted bunting
in the company of some gray-crowned rosy finches (surprised to see them at
this altitude) and a bushtit in Breesport. Absolutely beautiful bird. Not
much else -- as though I needed anything else, but on the way back to the
car I did find some bobcat scat with what appeared to be the remains of a
sharp-tailed grouse feather in it. I put it all in a baggie and have it in
my freezer; I'd be glad to have someone who's a little better at this kind
of analysis take a look at it.

To get to the bunting:

Take 90 south to the Fisherville exit; take this east about two and a half
miles until you go under the covered bridge. A dirt road will be on your
right about 200 yards later, pull in here and go about a quarter of a mile.
The bird was in a stand of hackberries on the left.

Jim McCoy
jfmccoy at earthlink.net
Redmond, WA