On Wednesday, April 13th I spotted a Townsend's Solitaire on 18th Avenue at
the crest of Capitol Hill in Seattle. The eye ring was very bright but
otherwise the bird was quite dull and the wing markings were inconspicuous.
At one point it dropped down to the edge of a curb-side puddle in which
goldfinch and house sparrows were bathing giving me a very close view.

Sorry for this belated report - my excuse is that I own a tax business so I
was a tad preoccupied earlier in the week.

David Flood
Seattle