Tweeters,

Jan and I visited the Browns Point Lighthouse Park in Tacoma this afternoon at 3 pm and easily found the first-year Lapland Longspur seen Friday and yesterday by Shep Thorp. The bird spent most of its time near several driftwood logs and patches of weeds located between shoreline and the line of white concrete posts near the picnic tables that Shep mentioned. It was quite confiding and provided excellent closeup looks. Really a fine little bird!

Gary Wiles
Olympia, WA
wilesharkey at yahoo.com