Dear Tweeters,

Thanks to the birders who posted recently about the Harris's Sparrow in Bothell. I finally made it there today (4-08-2011), and the bird put in appearance about mid-day. It took me about an hour of waiting, but it was worth it. For about five minutes, the bird fed at the feeder by the pink ribbon, then hopped down to the water's edge, before flitting off to the east again.

Yours truly,


Gary Bletsch

?Near Lyman, Washington (Skagit County), USA?garybletsch at yahoo.com?Mentre che li occhi per la fronda verde
ficcava ?o s? come far suole
chi dietro a li uccellin sua vita perde, lo pi? che padre mi dicea: ?Figliuole,
vienne oramai, ch? ?l tempo che n?? imposto
pi? utilmente compartir si vuole?.??