[obol] Breeding(?) White-crowned Sparrow, Klamath Co.

[Dave Haupt]

OBOL,
   Saturday at Williamette Pass ski area on a casual outing I heard the
"pink" call which I've heard a million times in the fall and winter, but
obviously not in the summer in Klamath County, because I had to track
down the source.  I had an agitated White-crowned Sparrow calling
repeatedly in an open brushy area in the parking lot of the ski area.  I
watched the bird's behavior for ~3 minutes until a member of my party
honked the horn of the van because I was taking too long and they were
all hot.  The honk happened to flush a second white-crown from the
brush.  Behavior-wise and date-wise (July 19) I'd suggest these birds
were a nesting pair.  Checking Steve Summer's book "Klamath Birds," and
"Oregon Birds" I couldn't really find (m)any breeding accounts for
White-crowned Sparrow in the County.  Is the species a common breeder
just west of this location?  Anyone have WCSP records in the summer in
Klamath County?

Dave Haupt
Klamath Falls