Chris - a good place to see gambelii White-crowned Sparrows are the "compost piles" next to the Interpretive Lot at Marymoor Park in Redmond. These piles of dirt, debris, and brush attract numbers of sparrows. Today we had about 15 gambelii, both adults and immatures. >From my notes, we hear gambelii singing in late-March through April, and in April we start getting pugetensis there singing too.

== Michael Hobbs
== Kirkland, WA
== http://www.marymoor.org/birding.htm
== birdmarymoor at verizon.net

From: tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu [mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman1.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Chris Thompson
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 10:38 AM
To: tweeters at u.washington.edu
Subject: [Tweeters] Gambel's WCS spring migration



Hi! I wonder if any of you guys have information about the spring migration of Gambel's white-crowned sparrows. Does anyone know when they make their way through WA? Also, where are the best places to look for them?

I seem to remember seeing a bunch at about dusk near Vantage and Ginkgo Petrified forest in one of the gorges nearby at about the third week of April a few years back. I'm wondering if there is a more convenient place near Seattle. Any ideas?

Thanks,

ckt



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