Clay-colored Sparrow Hope Sept 3

[Chris]

Dave Beeke and I went to Hope Airport. First stop was Jack's place. His garden was quite active with Goldfinches and White-crowned Sparrows. A different looking bird flew up and landed on the fence post. Turned out to be a Chipping Sparrow. A few moments later another one landed in a conifer. It was a Clay-colored Sparrow. This is the first one for me in the valley.





There were a couple of Black-throated Gray Warblers on Jacks property.

A couple of Kestrels were on the north side. Dave managed a shot of one of them



We stopped at the sewage ponds, a few warblers in the trees, mostly Black-throated Grays. Only one Mallard in the ponds.

The list

Mallard 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Downy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker 1
American Kestrel 2
Pacific-slope Flycatcher 1
Steller's Jay 3
Northwestern Crow 4
Common Raven 1
Barn Swallow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 16
Chestnut-backed Chickadee 6
Bushtit 25
Cedar Waxwing 10
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2
Black-throated Gray Warbler 9
Spotted Towhee 3
Chipping Sparrow 2
Clay-colored Sparrow 1
White-crowned Sparrow 8
House Finch 1
Pine Siskin 10
American Goldfinch 40

[kestrel]

Great find!

[Gord]

A very good find indeed you two! Great work and nicely documented as well there Chris! That would also be a first for me in our checklist area.

[Chris]

I thought I did it in my original post but I didn't, the photos of the sparrow were also taken by Dave.