6/16/08

I don't have my birding records on line, except for an occasional memo, etc. So I'd have to dig out my old field notes to give specifics.

But way back in the 1980's I drove over to the Winthrop-Twist area. I drove up the dirt track up behind Campbell lake, and stopped for a solo picnic lunch. On the map it was SE of Campbell Lake. Anyway, a bird was singing a very enticing song atop a distant big bush Sage (at least that's what that bush seemed like). But when I got too close, it fled. I finally called it a Lark Sparrow, after eliminating all the other possibilities. (I also saw them closer up in Grant County).

Phil Hotlen
Bellingham, WA