It wasn't be any chance a Brown Shrike...?? Seems very early for
Northern. (Recall there was a Brown Shrike in the Pt. Reyes area several
years ago.)

Tom Love
tlove at linfield.edu

On Mon, 21 Sep 1998, Alan and Steve wrote:

> On my way to a meeting this morning, I ambled through the Montlake Fill
> and flushed an immature Northern Shrike near the main pond. This bird
> was brownish overall, strongly barred underneath. Seems a little early
> for Northerns...don't usually run into them until later in October.
>
> Alan
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> Seattle WA
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