David Lambeth and Sparrow King in Fargo

I am including this e-mail sent to Don McCall from David Lambeth describing his experiences trying to locate Sparrow King in Fargo, ND.

"Hi Don,
I was unable to locate Sparrow King this morning. I arrived while street lights made it difficult to see into trees. I repeatedly covered the area. It may of course have left already. But I'm wondering about the possibility that it was on the rooftop of a school at the corner of 8th Ave S and University. It's a 2 and 3 story building that covers much of the block.

Otherwise it ws pretty much residential area and I wonder if the density of trees would make it seem claustrophobic to tundra Peregrine.

In my initial scouting, I paid particular attention to any tall structures within 5-10 blocks of the central point and checked them out first thing. There are tall buildings to the north, cell towers, etc., but none panned out.

And the Fargo nesting pair is not much more than a half mile away from the center.

I really couldn't ask for more favorable information such as four points well defined in the middle of the night. So could be no doubt that it was his roost site.!!
Probably in two days he will be well beyond me but just in case let me know. I'll be watching our local water towers today and tomorrow as these are real peregrine magnets. By the way, I checked water towers all over Fargo.

It was fun to give it a try. Thanks for being so cooperative and I hope you didn't lose too much sleep in doing so!!

Dave Lambeth
Grand Forks, North Dakota "

These are the type of dedicated people that show up for this project. Thanks for giving it a good try David. We all appreciate it.