Hiya tweets!It was a pretty nice day in Seattle when I got off work at the zoo today, so I went home, grabbed my bins and headed down to the Montlake Fill. As it turns out, it was my best day ever for number of species seen at the Fill in one day - 55 species! Well, a couple of them are sub-species (Cackling Goose; 2 races of Yellow-rumped Warbler), but still. Not a bad way to spend the afternoon. Considering the number of "usual suspects" I didn't see today(no Towhee's, no Killdeer, no Common Snipe, no Marsh Wren), I'm sure a lucky day could put me over 60. Soon after I got out today, I ran into a fellow zooie, Tom Aversa. I told him I really wanted to see the American Pipits that I see Connie Sidles posting about all the time. He had to run, but when I saw him a 2nd time, with another keeper friend from the zoo, they had just seen some Pipits over by the central pond. So I headed over there and got my first look at this quite, drab yet cryptic bird. Those little buggers ar!
e hard to see! Around the same time, I also saw 3 pairs of Brown-headed Cowbirds, the first of the year for me. Anyway, here is the full list (they are in Kenn Kaufmann order, not taxonomic. Sorry, but it's the only book handy!) 55 species and sub-species list for 04/16/03, Montlake Fill, Seattle, WA: Mallard
American Wigeon
Green-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Lesser Scaup
Ring-necked Duck
Bufflehead
Ruddy Duck
Common Goldeneye
Canada Goose
-Cackling Goose
American Coot
Pied-billed Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Glaucous-winged Gull
Red-tailed Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Bald Eagle
Ring-necked Pheasant
Great Blue Heron
Virginia Rail
Rock Dove
Belted Kingfisher
Northern "Red-shafted" Flicker
Anna's Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
American Robin
American Pipit (Lifer)
American Crow
Black-capped Chickadee
Bewick's Wren
Bushtit
"Myrtle" Yellow-rumped Warbler
"Audubon's" Yellow-rumped Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
European Starling
Red-winged Blackbird
Western Meadowlark
Brown-headed Cowbird (first of year)
House Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed "Oregon" Junco
House Finch
Purple Finch
American Goldfinch
Pine Siskin Good Birding!Brett A. Wolfe gismybabe at yahoo.com Seattle, WA


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