Subject: e. WA Bewick's Wren range & range expansion
Date: Aug 17 16:59:18 2001
From: Cindy McCormack - cbirds at mt.arias.net


Bewick's Wrens have been found year-round for several years now in Spokane.
They are reliable in winter along Latah (Hangman) Creek, along the Little
Spokane River, and in some brushy draws in southern Spokane County. They
are proven breeders on the Little Spokane River (MAPS station) with
individuals singing, captured in breeding condition, and captured hatch-year
birds (locals/juvs).

Cindy
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Cindy McCormack
cbirds at mt.arias.net
Spokane, WA



-----Original Message-----
From: Charles Swift <charless at moscow.com>
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Date: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 9:29 AM
Subject: e. WA Bewick's Wren range & range expansion


>Steven Mlodinow noted a Bewick's Wren at Washtucna and speculated about
>their range in e. WA. Bewick's Wrens are now found in several locations in
>Whitman Co. away from the Snake R. They have been present at Rose Creek
>Preserve near Kamiak Butte for several years and are presumably nesting at
>that location. This past winter, one was noted regularly at a farm west of
>Spokane where area birders were stopping for a small flock of A. Tree
>Sparrows that was present for much of the winter. Bewick's Wrens are now
>considered to be common in the Lewiston/Clarkston area and have been
>expanding north away from the Snake/Clearwater river valleys for several
>years. They are regular around Moscow and Pullman and have been reported
>from locations around Lake Couer d'Alene (Idaho panhandle) from time to
>time. Within the past year an individual made it to Missoula, perhaps
>travelling up the Clark Fork River.
>
>thanks, Charles.
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>Charles Swift
>charless at moscow.com
>Moscow, Idaho
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