This week has been busy with very little birding after flying back from ME Monday. So when Bruce found the Harris’s sparrow yesterday at the 11th Street bridge, I climbed down from the ladder at Brett’s where I was painting and dashed over to try for it. No luck as the flock of sparrows seemed to have dispersed.
After church today Peter Wimberger texted that he had relocated the sparrow, and I convinced Kay to come help me try to find it.
We got to the spot just after 11 AM and found Peter there along with Christopher Clark. We looked for a while with Peter, but on the first trip around the area no luck. Then we decided on one more try at the point/end of the trail and all 3 of us (Peter had just left) got great looks at the HASP when it popped up near the top of a bush, and again on a piece of driftwood. This was a Pierce FOY for me, and a lifer for Chris. Here is the eBird list with photos.