[birding] Re: Sparrow from Heck

[Joel Geier]

Sandy Leaptrott wrote:

> All we need is an organic grass seed farmer ....You are right, a person does 
> not want to be introducing a lot of non-native weed seed to a natural area. 

I can donate a half a pound or so mix of native Willamette Valley prairie seed 
(hand-harvested from our front-yard restoration, mix of prairie Junegrass, 
Roemer's fescue and maybe some Calapooia tufted hairgrass) for this effort, 
plus a pile of elegant madia which has pretty small seeds, slender cinquefoil, 
and whatever else I can spare.

That's serious overkill for that patch, which is actually full of nasty non-
native grasses. But since the bird is not a normal WV species, who says it 
has to go for the prime native habitats? 

Anyway, at least a native seed mix will do no harm. If anyone wants to stop 
by and pick this up tomorrow morning, our place is the second house south 
of the landfill along Hwy 99W (red house w/ white trim, green mailbox).

Happy birding,
Joel

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Joel Geier
Camp Adair area north of Corvallis