[Tweeters] Fwd: Kenmore Harris’s Sparrow

[Peggy Mundy]

Well, dang.  I was there from 3:40 TO 4:3O.  Bird just have showed up right after I left.  Might go back in the morning. 
As to the location/hotspot, I just meant to point out that this park is the same as Squires Landing, in terms of location.
Happy birding!Peggy Mundy

peggy_busby at yahoo.com@scenebypeggy on Instagram 

    On Thursday, October 19, 2023 at 08:40:48 p.m. PDT, Carol Riddell <cariddellwa at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 Hi Peggy,
Someone else reported the bird around 4:30 pm. No photo though. I know the park has been renamed but I’m not sure it is wise to try to change it in eBird. Even if they can figure out how to incorporate the nonEnglish characters, I don’t think anyone would be able to pull it up by entering that name in the hotspot feature under the explore tab. Most, if not all, of our keyboards lack those characters. But if you want to suggest the updated name, send it to Ryan Merrill. 
Carol 

On Oct 19, 2023, at 8:25 PM, Peggy Mundy <peggy_busby at yahoo.com> wrote:



Thanks Carol.I headed down there after your first email.  Met another birder who was already there.  We did not see the Harris' sparrow, but I might try again.
FYI, Squires Park has been renamed  ƛ̕ax̌ʷadis Park by the city of Kenmore.  I don't know how to update the eBird Hotspot.
Peggy MundyBothell, WA

peggy_busby at yahoo.com@scenebypeggy on Instagram 

    On Thursday, October 19, 2023 at 05:03:01 p.m. PDT, Carol Riddell <cariddellwa at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 Photos of the Harris’s Sparrow are in an eBird checklist. The link is
https://ebird.org/checklist/S152639365
If the link doesn’t work, you can use the checklist number, S152639365, to find it in eBird. Sparrow activity quieted down quite a bit by the time I left the park at 3:30. Since Harris’s Sparrows tend to stick around for a while, it might be worthwhile looking for it tomorrow morning before weekend activity picks up in the park.
Carol Riddell

Begin forwarded message:
From: Carol Riddell <cariddellwa at gmail.com>
Subject: Kenmore Harris’s Sparrow
Date: October 19, 2023 at 3:07:16 PM PDT
To: Tweeters <Tweeters at u.washington.edu>

I have been watching one at the new park along the Sammamish River with the indigenous name that I can’t replication on this keyboard. It is next to the Squire’s Landing eBird public hotspot. Appears to be an immature bird transitioning to adult non breeding plumage. 

At the traffic signal on Bothell Way and 73rd NE, turn south. At the stop sign at NE 175th St, turn east. The park is on the south side of the street a couple of blocks east. 

The sparrow has been foraging on both sides of the metal walkway, pretty much staying along the first blue section of the walkway.  It’s skittish and might take some patience to see it. 

Carol Riddell
Edmonds, WA

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