The photo is available online at:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/photos/photo.asp?PhotoID=11511

The foot is unwebbed which eliminated most waterfowl including
geese and coots. The head can be seen in silhouette and looks
to be a short-necked heron-type. I think its a Green Heron.

Maureen Ellis wrote:
>
> It looked like either a juvenile Coot or maybe a Great Blue Heron
> fledgling or even a juvie Canada goose. I scrutinized the newspaper
> photo with a magnifying glass and the protruding foot / plump body
> suggests that it is some kind of water bird.
>
> Nature's provisions, indeed,
>
> me2
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>
> On Sat, 22 Jun 2002, David Chelimer wrote:
>
> > Tweets,
> >
> > Today's (Saturday's) Seattle Post-Intelligencer has a fine picture of a bald
> > eagle carrying "prey" back to its nest to feed its young. Anyone out there
> > care to guess what kind of bird the prey is?
> >
> > David Chelimer
> > Seattle
> > david_lynne at attbi.com
> >
> >

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Mike Patterson
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