This morning at the Corfu area of Columbia NWR I saw a large congregation of American Tree Sparrows. My estimate of 35 individuals is the largest flock I have encountered during more than 20 years in Washington and North Dakota. They were in shrubs and tall grass at the NW corner of the alfalfa circle adjacent to (and east of) Corfu Road, about a mile south of Highway 26 and 13 miles west of Othello.

Randy Hill
Othello