At 12:28 PM 5/26/99 EDT, Turaco14 at aol.com wrote:
>Tweeters -
>
>At the Montlake Fill yesterday I saw some sort of flycatcher. I'm almost
>positive it's not an Empid, and am leaning towards Western Wood-Pewee.
>Here's what I noticed:

>Fairly large crest
>No eye-ring at all
>All-black beak
>about the size of a Hammond's Flycatcher
>A broadish lower wing-bar
>creamy throat
>no noticeable twitching
>longish tail

>Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Sounds reasonable. I was out birding on Sunday and was surprised
NOT to see any on Sauvie Island (near Portland), spring really is
delayed I guess.



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