>I discovered an issue of Washington Birds last night c1982 with an intriguing
>article by a certain D. Paulson about Montlake Fill. There's an amazing
>photgraph of the central pond, with a one or two ominous clumps of purple
>loosetrife in the foreground :-(. The place was almost all clear shoreline and
>
>looked incredible :-) There was also a distinct lack of willow trees as well

And the photos of the flock of shovelers and Semipalmated Sandpiper were
taken at that same fabled pond. I started going out to the fill in about
1975, and one of the first birds I saw there was an American Golden-Plover
at that pond. Read Kevin Aanerud's paper in vol. 1 of Washington Birds to
see what birding was like there a decade ago.

Dennis Paulson, Director phone: (206) 756-3798
Slater Museum of Natural History fax: (206) 756-3352
University of Puget Sound e-mail: dpaulson at ups.edu
Tacoma, WA 98416