Hi all

Barry and I decided today would be a good chance to see the sparrow 
without too much hassle and it proved a good strategy. We arrived a little 
before 10 AM with only one other birder (from PA) present, and he had just 
been looking at it! Within a minute the target appeared, feeding along he 
verge of the road under the first pokeberry bush south of the gap.
Brilliant! 
A number of immature White-crowns and some White-throats were also 
present. The Golden-crowned was a bit of a bully, chasing off any other 
sparrow that came too close. After a while, Tyler and Jane drove up 
behind us and also got good looks. It started to snow a bit as we got 
ready to leave. 

Off then to the Rough-leg spot but unfortunately the snow got very heavy at 
about this time and visibility was poor. No sign of the RL but it could
have 
been there. Only one hunkered down Red-tail and a shadowy Harrier 
quartering the field in the snow.

We left the PA birder with some birdseed to scatter as it appered he was 
going to be staying on a while. 

The snow cleared of course as we were about half-way home...hopefully 
the hawk will stay around for a while...

Gail Mackiernan and Barry Cooper
Colesville, MD

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