Alton Baker always has sparrow flocks, but I haven't found a reliable spot
for them this year.  I've seen Lincoln's, White-crowned, Golden-crowned,
and one White-throated recently.  Here's my sparrow list for the area:

Chipping Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco

Directions: In Springfield, get on West D Street, and go west.  At a stop
sign at Aspen, turn left.  There's a little parking area right next to the
river there.  Follow the trail along the river, until you come out of the
woods, and go under the I-5 bridge.  There's a big old dump that is now a
field.  There can be sparrow flocks anywhere out in the field.  At the end
of the field are two radio towers and a pond.  Right there is where I had a
zono flock of about 40 birds with the White-throated Sparrow on November 1,
2000.

Vjera Arnold