In a 9 day period I've seen 2 in Seattle (I know that they migrate through, but this is different). Instead of flying extremely high, both were flying lower than I've seen in previous years. Also, they were staying over a specific area instead of circling slowly either north or south (depending on the time of year). The first one was a week ago last Thursday late morning just south of Lake Union, it was flying about 1/2 the height I usually see them flying. The other was last Saturday mid-afternoon and it was circling over (seemed to be Parsons Garden on QA) and flying very low and circling for a long time in that area, and my postal carrier saw it also.

T. Conyers
Queen Anne, Seattle, WA
mailto: conyerst at u.washington.edu