Thanks, Lisa. It's probably worth noting that there is security lighting
here, too, on the Microsoft campus.

JMc

>From: LMGodina at reachone.com
>To: tweeters at u.washington.edu, jfmccoy at hotmail.com
>Subject: RE: Weird WIWR
>Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 20:07:36 -0800
>
>Jim and Ian,
>
>In 2000, while living on campus at The Evergreen State College, Olympia, I
>heard
>at
>least one individual Winter Wren sing on three consecutive nights. 03
>February:
>0205 - 5 minutes. 04 February: 0055 - 7 minutes. 0120 - 4 minutes. 2334
>-
>Singing bouts until past midnight (into 05 February), while a party in an
>adjacent building made it too difficult to time and record bouts.
>
>It seemed unusual enough that I made a point to include it in my field
>notes.
>At the time I wondered if the security lighting throughout campus wasn't a
>factor in encouraging it. I recall that it continued, and I decided that
>it
>probably wasn't all that uncommon. I decided not to make a project out of
>it
>and did not document other instances in my field notes. I just wasn't up
>to
>the task of getting up, staying up or interrupting whatever I was doing
>*every*
>time I heard one sing in darkness, in order to time the bouts and take
>notes.
>I
>don't think I ever checked the Birds of North America account or other
>literature to see if it was discussed, but I would be interested in knowing
>if
>it is.
>
>Lisa Godina
>Lacey, WA
>LMGodina at reachone.com
>
>