<div dir="ltr">Nice! <div><br></div><div>There are Varied Thrushes all over the place in the hills to the east of Battle Ground in Clark County.</div><div><br></div><div>Jim Danzenbaker</div><div>Battle Ground, WA</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Dec 22, 2022 at 2:09 PM Kellie Sagen <<a href="mailto:kelliekvinne@hotmail.com">kelliekvinne@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Joan, I call that chuck, chuck call the kiss-kiss call. LOL <br>
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They always show up in my backyard when it snows. I have 16 out there right now. That’s a new record for me. Their antics of chasing after each other, funny posturing, and swooping around is highly entertaining. I continually make the kiss-kiss and whistle calls. It gets them comfortable with me and brings them in closer. I had seven at one time feeding on the ground about 10 feet away. I’m sure my neighbors think I’m a kook. <br>
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I scattered some cracked corn under my hanging feeders the other day and all the birds are going nuts for it, especially the thrushes. At one point I had three gray squirrels, one Douglas squirrel, and one eastern, cottontail rabbit munching away with all the birds. Quite the sight. <br>
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Happy snow birding,<br>
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Kellie Sagen<br>
Lake Stevens <br>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Jim Danzenbaker<br>Battle Ground, WA<br>360-702-9395<br><a href="mailto:jdanzenbaker@gmail.com" target="_blank">jdanzenbaker@gmail.com</a></div></div>