Oh, oh. I suspected that Ryan Merrill, Knut Crawford and Mark Crawford reported sighting of 55 Lesser Goldfinch at Lyons Ferry in 2011 would raise eyebrows and interest at Notre Dame. Now they get to explain why.

Larry Schwitters
Issaquah
On May 6, 2013, at 11:10 AM, Kelly Cassidy wrote:

> I got an email last month from a Notre Dame biology professor (Doris Watt) asking about the difference between the low number of Lesser Goldfinch records from the Washington BBA (mid-1990s) and the ebird maps, which have many records.
>
> She would appreciate hearing from anyone that can provide details of their increase in Washington over the last 20 years.
>
> Please contact her, not me at:
> Doris Watt, Professor
> Department of Biology
> Saint Mary's College
> Notre Dame, IN 46556
> 574-284-4668
> dwatt at saintmarys.edu
>
> Kelly Cassidy
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