Whitney, Diana Sorus just posted a photo of it on her Facebook page and asked me about it. It's a male Silver Pheasant, and I guess you only saw it from above, as it has entirely black underparts.

Dennis Paulson


> On Mar 18, 2020, at 12:01 PM, tweeters-request at mailman11.u.washington.edu wrote:

>

> Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2020 21:51:03 -0700

> From: Whitney Neufeld-Kaiser <whitney.n.k at gmail.com <mailto:whitney.n.k at gmail.com>>

> To: Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu <mailto:tweeters at u.washington.edu>>

> Subject: [Tweeters] White pheasant in Seward Park

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> Hi, tweeters! Sunday morning I was walking the main trail that goes over

> the crest of Seward Park, and I encountered what appeared to be a white

> ring-necked pheasant. Very dramatic bird, all white with a red face. The

> two videos I took were horrible, but the bird looked very much like this

> one:

> https://www.flickr.com/photos/nightjar/477443925 <https://www.flickr.com/photos/nightjar/477443925>

>

> Have others seen this bird? Am I the last birder in Seattle to know about

> this?

>

> Cheers,

> Whitney Neufeld-Kaiser

> whitney.n.k at gmail.com <mailto:whitney.n.k at gmail.com>

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