Hi Paul,

I arrived this morning at about 11:00AM. The Clay-colored Sparrow was
easily seen from the road, perched atop the scotch broom, and singing like
crazy. By about 11:15, the bird was silent and not to be seen. Thanks for
sharing this good bird and for directions to the site.

Marv Breece
Seattle, WA
mbreece at earthlink.net


----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Hicks" <phicks at accessgrace.org>
To: ", tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 10:30 AM
Subject: [Tweeters] Clay-colored Sparrow continues in s. Thurston 5/30


> Tweets,
> The Clay-colored Sparrow was present in the same location on Tuesday
> morning: ~2 miles W of Tenino on Melville St off Old Hwy 99, in the
> extreme NW corner of Rock Prairie. The bird does venture eastward down the
> gravel side road along the firs, power lines, and Scotch Broom. A previous
> bird of the early 90s in n. Thurston continued to sing (though less
> heartily) into the first week of July.
> Good birding!
> Paul Hicks
> Tenino, s. Thurston Co
> phicks AT accessgrace.org
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