Sounds like it might be a Savannah Sparrow with a more prominent yellow
streak than usual. As you likely know there are a lot of them there.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Brett Wolfe

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
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