Hi Jesse and Tweets

This morning, about 10:40, we saw the TROPICAL KINGBIRD in its previously
reported location near Building 11 at Magnuson Park. I originally arrived
about 7:45, ran into Perri who told the where the bird had been hanging out,
but did not see the bird. After a trip to Discovery Park, finding nothing
but lots of rain, I returned to Magnuson. Two other birders, Curtis and
Bobbi, were there and while telling them what Perri had told me Curtis said
"there it is". It was in the shrubs along Sand Point Way. The bird quickly
flew. We scoured the line of shrubs, but it wasn't until Bobbi went over to
the Burke-Gilman Trail and had the bird fly out that we found it. It flew
back over the road and perched on a bare twig in the shrubs. At that time it
was a very wet looking bird, but was definitely the kingbird. We got
adequate views, ti flew showing bright yellow underparts and perched a short
ways to the north. From there it left and flew up into one of the Douglas
Firs just to the north of the line of shrubs.

If you haven't been out, you can either enter at the NE 74th St entrance and
immediately turn left and park near Building 11. Or, alternatively, you can
drive a ways further north watching for the wide spot on the road (near the
open gate) near Building 11. You can park there and get access to the area
the bird has been frequenting (be careful if backing out as Sand Point Way
can be busy).

Brian H. Bell
Birding & Natural History Guide
Woodinville WA
bellasoc at isomedia dot com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jesse Ellis" <jme29 at cornell.edu>
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 3:13 PM
Subject: [Tweeters] No TROPICAL KINGBIRD; hybrid? wigeon


> 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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> Neurobiology and Behavior
> jme29 at cornell.edu
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