Date: 10/26/25 8:29 pm From: Carl Lundblad <carl.lundblad...> Subject: Swamp Sparrow at Sparks Marina and northwest Nevada miscellania
This morning, I found my first Washoe County Swamp Sparrow at Sparks Marina, in cattails and bulrush on the north side of the peninsula: https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/644181430.
At Rancho San Rafael Park (Reno), I found likely the continuing Pacific Wren, found recently by Jordan Juzdowski, near the "What is an Oasis?" sign on the north side of Evans Creek in the arboretum. Another Pacific Wren was on the Truckee River at 102 Ranch but calling from the south/Storey County side of the river. I hiked/bushwacked in to the location on the south side of the river and couldn't refind the Pacific Wren but did have a late-ish House Wren. A female/immature Surf Scoter was also my first for Storey County at the nearby "TRIP/TRIC Pond" in the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Park/Center.
Pacific Wrens are moving through in numbers; I had a minimum of four in Hubmoldt County (Nevada) last week, including my county-first in Paradise Valley, multiples in the Santa Rosa Mountains, and one in the Kings River Valley/Thacker Pass area, yesterday (plus two in southern Harney County Oregon, this week). Golden-crowned Kinglets also remain on the move in Humboldt and Pershing Counties. Another Surf Scoter was at Onion Valley Reservoir, in Humboldt County's Pine Forest Range, on 10/23, and 2 Dunlin were at "nearby" Gridley Lake (also 2 Dunlin at Pitt-Taylor Reservoir in Pershing County on 10/19).
