[Tweeters] Vesper Sparrow in Burien

[Steve Loitz]

That's quite unusual. There are breeding pairs of VESPs near the south end
of Puget Sound. 15 or so years ago, I heard, then saw, a VESP on Chamber's
Bay golf course.

Steve Loitz
Ellensburg WA

On Tue, Jul 5, 2022 at 10:53 AM Tom Benedict <benedict.t at comcast.net> wrote:


> We had a visit from a Vesper Sparrow at our feeder this morning. It was

> accompanied by a Song Sparrow, so I was able to compare closely. The Vesper

> was much lighter and slimmer and had the white outer tail feathers.

>

> Birdweb.org says that Vespers are ‘rare’ in the Puget Trough. I wonder

> what brought this one into the Burien area today?

>

> Tom Benedict

> Seahurst, WA

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