Hey gang,

Today at the Montlake Fill, around 1 - 1:30pm, I saw what I first thought was an American Pipit near the eastern end of the Fill, in the ephemeral pond under the trees. Had seen some ducklings and scanned the area and came across a smallish bird. Shaped and sized about like a pipit, colored mostly like a pipit except that it had a bright yellow streak across the face. Not a pipit. Doesn't look like a Horned Lark or a Western Meadowlark. Also, this bird was not bobbing it's tail like a pipit would. It was being very quiet, feeding in the mud along the waters edge, somewhat like a peep, except shaped like a pipit or thrush. Could it be that I finally saw an ever elusive Northern Waterthrush at the Montlake Fill today? Sure looks like the best possibility in my Kaufman & Sibley guides. Other ideas, or did any of the other many birders see the same bird today?

Brett A. Wolfe
Seattle, WA
m_lincolnii at yahoo.com


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