Hope Airport Fallout

[Dave]

Rick Toochin forwarded some info to me about a major fallout at Hope Airport today!

He saw the following:

20-30 Lazuli Buntings
2 Indigo Buntings
1 Brewer's Sparrow
1 Lark Sparrow
1 Vesper Sparrow
1 Chipping Sparrow
1 Chestnut-collared Longspur
2 Bobolink

Most of these were at Jack Delair's place, except I think the Bobolink and Brewer's Sparrows were along the airport side.

Sorry for the delay in sharing, I just have had a very busy day.

I thought some of you may wish to have an early start tomorrow in the area if some of these birds may still be around.

Here are some pictures from Rick.


Male Bobolink


Brewer's Sparrow


Indigo Bunting


Vesper and Chipping Sparrows

Quite the day out there and I was at my desk most of the day!!

Dave

[oldfulica]

Wow. Great assortment of birds. Can someone tell me how to get to Jack's place?

[trudi]

Len I sent you an email for directions

[Chris]

Dave, thanks for passing it along. Was there this morning and had Brewer's Sparrow and a male Indigo Bunting. I was thinking it might be a hybrid like the one that has been seen at North Bend but I am very confident that it is indeed a male Indigo Bunting. Great record for the valley.