November 10, 2008

PHOTO ESSAY: this morning at the sparrow mines

I spent the morning working sparrow patches in search of SOOTY FOX SPARROWS. The following are a few of the better shots of Fox sparrows and other stuff.

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Posted by mbalame at 11:50 AM

November 4, 2008

Tropical Kingbirds

This morning I found two TROPICAL KINGBIRDS at Svensen Island

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and a WHITE-THROATED SPARROW at Bughole.

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Posted by mbalame at 3:24 PM

November 2, 2008

Buntings and longspurs

There were at least two SNOW BUNTINGS hanging out with 10 or so LAPLAND LONGSPURS this morning at the South Jetty of the Columbia River. I managed a few record quality photos.

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Posted by mbalame at 12:09 PM