>From Russell Rogers, Seattle WA, rrogers at halcyon.com

After hearing about Dick's report I went and tried to locate the bird. All
I found were about half a dozen Western Meadowlarks. I run into Dick at
the local CD store here is West Seattle a couple of weeks ago and he told
me that he relocated the birds in about the same place. He got better
looks at it the second time around. He said the plumage all added up to
Eastern Meadowlark, restricted yellow on the throat and more white in the
tail. He told me that he would not be convinced until it sang, which it
never did. I called all the local birders up there and alerted them to be
on the look out for it.


On Thu, 2 Mar 1995, Eugene Hunn wrote:

> Al,
>
> Several people looked for it the next weekend but found just a few
> Westerns and Dick left town so that's where it stands. It would be the
> first record west of the Rockies perhaps. I know of none for California,
> Oregon, Washington, BC, Idaho, etc.
>
> Gene.
>
> On Thu, 2 Mar 1995, Alvaro Patricio Jaramillo wrote:
>
> > Tweeters,
> >
> > A while ago Gene Hunn reported a possible Eastern Meadowlark heard by
> > Dick Veit at Samish Flats. What ever happened to this record? Was it
> > ever confirmed, recorded, etc. Would this be the first Eastern Meadowlark
> > for Washington if confirmed?
> >
> > Al Jaramillo
> > jaramill at sfu.ca
> > Vancouver, B.C.
> >
>