Subject: White Crowned Sparrow : Downtown Seattle
Date: Apr 11 21:39:37 2001
From: Jack Kintner - kintner at nas.com


Anywhere indeed, even my yard, in Blaine. I think the sound of the trains
down the hill drew them our way.

That call they have is THE sound of approaching summer.

Jack Kintner Blaine kintner at nas.com

At 04:57 PM 4/11/01 -0700, you wrote:
>You know these little guys will nest just about anywhere. I have seen
>them on a few lonely bushes at the Convention Place entrance to the Metro
>bus tunnel singing their hearts out right next to a line up of laying over
>Metro buses. They also have attempted to nest in the planter in the
>middle of concrete and asphalt right outside the Central Base Operations
>building at 6th and Atlantic under the freeway. They return to that area
>every year it seems. They are amazing, nesting in industrial areas.
>
>Ileen Weber
>Everett, WA
>
>At 05:45 PM 4/11/01 +0000, narendra bhagwat wrote:
>>Hi Tweets (again),
>> Well this singing White Crowned sparrow is almost in Downtown Seattle.
>> Since last 2 weeks I have seen him singing in the parking lot of
>> Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) which is at Occidental Ave
>> (one block east of 1st Ave S, in front of Sears). So far I have seen him
>> around 6 times. Most of the times he hangs in the north side of the
>> parking lot.
>>
>>I've been enjoying his song on my way to the office. It very surprising
>>as this area is surrounded by rail tracks to one side and busy 1st Ave S
>>to another!
>>
>>I don't know what he is doing their alone!
>>
>>Happy Birding,
>>Narendra Bhagwat,
>>Seattle.
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