Date: 8/6/25 11:47 am From: Ben Kolstad via groups.io <ben...> Subject: [slocobirding] White-throated Sparrow timing in North County?
I'm in Atascadero (south of town, adjacent to the Santa Margarita Ranch), and the Lark Sparrows have been dripping off the trees here for the past couple weeks (several flocks of more than two dozen birds each).
This morning as I was walking my neighborhood, Merlin picked up White-throated Sparrow. I couldn't find it either visually or with my own ears (in the field or when playing the Merlin recording back), so I'm clearly not counting it. But it did bring up the question of when they can be expected to return. The one August record near me that I'm aware of was the 2024 one in KJZ's yard, and that one doesn't count since it never left for the summer.
