Has anyone seen this bird today (12/4)? I'm sure there's probably lots of
interest.
Barry Levine

On Sun, 3 Dec 1995 fredbird at halcyon.com wrote:

> A very pale, winter-plumaged Chestnut-collared Longspur was seen by
> 5-6 observers at Montlake Fill today (12/3/95), 12-12:30 pm. The
> solitary bird was working the tallish grass 10 to 40 yards back from
> the east and north sides of the main pond (Stuarts Pond). Its
> belly had black horizontal ribbing, but the most distinctive
> characteristics were its flight call and the black and white tail --
> the black forming a pyramid into the white.
>
> Gene Hunn, Kevin Aarnurd and I saw it again at 1:30 pm.
>
> When confirmed, this is the fourth record for the state, first for
> King County.
>
> I did not discover the bird. The credit goes to one or two men, one
> an Englishman and the other a Tweeeterer (that much I remember!).
> Their names escaped me as I was thinking about pyramids. I would
> appreciate it is the Tweeterer would let us know who he is and if
> he remembers the other mans name.
>
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