WEST SEATTLE BIRDS: Guinea Fowl wander further south

(Photo sent by Kellie, sighting near 41st/Alaska)

They’re not turkeys, though they’re often mistaken for them. The wandering Guinea Fowl of West Seattle have been seen for months north of The Junction – we’ve featured them in some of our galleries of bird photos sent by readers. But these past few days, readers have sent photos of them closer to the heart of The Junction, expressing concern for their safety – the next photo was from Kristin, who emailed this morning to say, “They’re on the corner of 41st and Oregon. Cars on Oregon are dodging them.”

Those two photos above are from today; the next one was sent by James last week, taken near 41st/Genesee, closer to the north-of-Junction location of most previous sightings people have mentioned to us:

If these are your birds, we’d be interested in the story behind them, after so many sighting reports – westseattleblog@gmail.com.

13 Replies to "WEST SEATTLE BIRDS: Guinea Fowl wander further south"

  • JK April 9, 2024 (7:41 pm)

    In September, I photographed 4 of them on 41st and Genesee just east of the old SLHS. 

    • ACG April 9, 2024 (9:48 pm)

      That’s where I saw them 2 weeks ago. 

    • rob April 10, 2024 (11:52 am)

      they were by my house a few months ago and there were 3 of them. a couple days ago they were in my yard and it was only 2 :-(. the group keeps shrinking, hopefully the others have just decided to wander away from these two.  

      • Neighbor April 14, 2024 (1:33 pm)

        These have been 4, 1 was caught by animal control after a complaint about them. Not sure what happened to the 3rd one. I’ve only seen 2 for the past couple weeks. 

  • A April 9, 2024 (8:46 pm)

    Their home base is just north of the 40th/Genesee intersection — we walk our dogs up that hill every day and always see them (and we’d see them roosting on fences there on winter evenings). They’ve definitely been venturing further out as the weather has gotten nicer, and they aren’t particularly afraid of either our large dogs or cars, which may be why there used to be 3 babies and now there is only 1…

  • Rache April 9, 2024 (9:45 pm)

    Their owner should keep a better eye on them. They need to be in an enclosed area or they could get hit by a car.

  • Jade April 11, 2024 (4:48 pm)

    The pair on on Dakota @40th St right now

  • Fiona April 12, 2024 (12:07 pm)

    Just spotted them at the corner of 41st and Oregon. Looks to be the same patch of grass as the photo in the post. Welcome to the neighborhood guys!

  • CF April 15, 2024 (10:20 am)

    Just spotted them at 40th & Bradford, very close to the water tower. 

  • Anna Tran April 15, 2024 (7:45 pm)

    Found these guys off of 39th and Genessee. I’ve never seen birds of this kind before and did a quick google image search to find out what they are! They are very healthy looking, wondering if they are domesticated? 

  • Sam Mermall April 18, 2024 (1:03 pm)

    Two of them spotted near 37th and Genesee this afternoon!

  • M April 25, 2024 (4:12 pm)

    42nd and Andover 3:45 this afternoon 

  • near trader joe's April 25, 2024 (5:06 pm)

    I saw them right next to Fauntleroy (at the little Fauntleroy place park across from Advance Auto Parts on 38th Ave SW this morning around 8:15am.  Seemed dangerous so I’m happy to hear they made it out of there ok!

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