On Tue, 22 Aug 1995, Helmboldt, Bruce wrote:
> Bird Alert hot-line, but I later got a message on my answering machine
> dismissing our hawks as Northern harriers. We did not see those birds

Hi Bruce and tweets, I also saw a White-tailed Kite this spring in King
Co., specifically while eating vegetable soup on my front step (good
soup, by the way). It was flying southwest from Magnuson Park, and being
harassed by a crow. I called Russell Rogers in West Seattle, hoping it
might pass him over also, but I guess all he found was rain.

> word) harrier and a (graceful, almost falcon-like) kite. We have
> added the kites to our Washington state list with confidence.

Me too, and my King Co. list. After seeing plenty in Texas when I lived
there, I feel comfortable with the ID.


And Gene Hunn wrote on Tue Aug 22 18:21:51 1995:

> There is still no confirmed King County record of the kite, though there
> have been a few odd sightings. One problem that often arises is the

I assume this is because none are documented with photographs or multiple
observers? I submitted what was probably enough detail to make the ID,
but I know I was the only one who saw it (besides my soup).

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Michael R. Smith
Univ. of Washington, Seattle
whimbrel at u.washington.edu
http://salmo.cqs.washington.edu/~wagap/mike.html