Today Anya Illes and I checked Magnusen Park for the Tropical
Kingbird, with no success. BBeing unfamiliar with the area we
confined our search to around Building 11, and had naught of interest
but about 60 KILLDEER and a single Cooper's Hawk.

Yesterday I walked around Green Lake. About 40-50 Wigeon were
feeding on the grass on the west side of the lake. Among them was a
single bird that keyed out as Eurasian Wigeon in all respects except
for the fact that it had that splash of green trailing the eye. Not
as strong as in an American, but enough to suggest that this bird is
not wholly a Eurasian Wigeon.

On that note, my father will be in town for thanksgiving and I'd like
to show him Eurasian Wigeon (preferably a pure one!). If people
could report to me off list where in the immediate Seattle area they
seen them THIS year, that would be really great. Thanks in advance
for all the responses I'm sure I'll get!

Jesse Ellis
Seattle
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Jesse Ellis, Ph. D. candidate
Neurobiology and Behavior
jme29 at cornell.edu
111 Mudd Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, 14853