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our navigation system doesn't appear to match the current reality.

Stuart Johnson describes the spot perfectly.

"DeLorme does show Sixprong Rd. intersecting with Hale Rd. at a point where Sixprong Rd. makes a sharp 90 degree turn s. (if you were driving westbound on Sixprong Rd.) for < half a mile before turning 90 degrees again, going due w. from that point. In reality, that north-south stretch of road that DeLorme erroneously calls Hale Rd., a stretch of > 2.5 miles, is Sixprong Extension. I double-checked by consulting my official Klickitat Co. road map: DeLorme is wrong. (I have spent many hours in e. Klickitat Co. doing a 6 year breeding bird atlas for Klickitat Co.)

I'm guessing that your BTSP was 0.4 mi. e. of the intersection of Sixprong Extension with Sixprong Rd.; i.e., 0.4 mi. e. of the north-south jog of < 0.5 mi. in Sixprong Rd. "

Good birding,

Rick

Rick Taylor
Everett, WA

-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Taylor
Sent: 6/23/2012 8:38 PM
To: Posting to Tweeters; Inland-nw-birders at uidaho.edu
Subject: [inland-NW-birders] Klickitat Black-Throated Sparrow

After twitching the Kennewick Northern Parula this morning, Tina and I birded eastern Klickitat county. We found a single singing Black-Throated Sparrow on Six Prong Road about .4 miles east of Hale Road. It was singing from the tops of the sage brush next to the road.

Good birding,

Rick

Rick Taylor
Everett, WA