WEST SEATTLE BIRDS: Seven scenes, including a rare sighting

It’s been a while since our last gallery of reader-sent bird photos. Thanks to everyone who’s contributed! Above, Gary Jpnes sent that rare sighting in early November: Adding to fall colors is this visitor, a Tropical Kingbird, usually seen in Central and South America though is also fairly common in southern Arizona and Rio Grande Valley in Texas, but unusual this far north. Its appearance in the Alki area has been noted by various small groups of local birders, setting binoculars aflutter. Bel

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