<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#073763">Both during last winter's snow and again this year Port Townsend has definitely seen a sudden influx of Varied Thrushes. I saw about 30 on my morning walk yesterday, almost topping the robin count. This seems to be when robins and VATHs are willing to eat the leftover crabapples on the trees, though they clearly prefer other berries if they are ripe. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#073763"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large;color:#073763"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Dec 21, 2022 at 5:58 PM Patricia Quyle Grainger <<a href="mailto:paq@olypen.com">paq@olypen.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">We, too, have been enjoying yard visits from Varied Thrushes, with the most being 5 in one day. Nearly every day, I see one or two. Last year, I think I saw one! <div><br></div><div>Pat Grainger </div><div>Port Townsend</div><div>paq at olypen dot com<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Dec 21, 2022, at 4:44 PM, Joan Miller <<a href="mailto:jemskink@gmail.com" target="_blank">jemskink@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">I was so delighted to find two Varied Thrushes poking around my yard today! They hung around for quite a while, kicking up duff and grazing under the seed feeder. I was able to get a few good photos. I hope they stick around for a while. It was a busy feeder day, with Juncos, Stellers Jays, Fox Sparrows, Golden-Crowned Sparrows, Chickadees, Flickers and Anna's hummers. Didn't see any Bushtits or Bewick's wrens.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Oh, I heard a new bird call - like a soft chuck chuck. Turned out to be the Varied Thrush!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Joan Miller</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">West Seattle</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">jemskink at gmail dot com</div></div>
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