Subject: [Tweeters] Lawrence's Finches in Friday Harbor
Date: May 4 13:00:51 2011
From: Barbara & John Jensen - skylark at rockisland.com


I received a photo from a local birder of unusual birds at her feeder. She looked through her books and came up with Lawrence's Finch. I sent it to Dennis Paulson and he also thinks it is a male and two female Lawrence's Finches. John and I have spent time looking for them but have not seen them.

The birds are within a half mile of the county fairgrounds at Friday Harbor. We are not ready to identify the exact location as we do not have permission from the land owner yet. There is lots of good habitat in the area so we are working on a search of the area. There is a WOS trip to the islands this weekend and maybe they will find them!

Here is a link to the photo and another one I took this morning of the same spot to check vegetation to see if it matches the area and the season. Even the grass is the same. https://picasaweb.google.com/sjibluebirds/LawrenceSFinch#

Barbara Jensen
Friday Harbor, WA
skylark at rockisland.com