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<p><font face="KacstOne">Hello Tweetsters - Bob O'Brien would like
to find a convenient data source regarding reports (or lack
thereof) of Varied Thrushes in the Seattle area during breeding
season. The Breeding Bird Atlas program gathered this kind of
data and is now available on the WOS website at
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wos.org/documents/soundtosage/">https://wos.org/documents/soundtosage/</a> (This atlas website
should be viewed on a tablet, laptop or desktop computer rather
than on a phone.)<br>
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<p><font face="KacstOne">The King County breeding bird atlas data
was collected between 1987 and 2000, but it can function as a
kind of baseline to compare with today. What it shows is that
surveyors found no evidence of breeding for Varied Thrush in
Seattle during those years. Varied thrushes were breeding in the
mountains. It is the pattern that Bob has observed at his home
southeast of Portland for the last 50 years. <br>
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<p><font face="KacstOne">I found three methods for getting eBird
information about the presence of Varied Thrushes during
breeding season in Seattle. (The third method works only in a
very special situation.)<br>
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Method One: Bar Charts based on sightings of a selected species
at a specified hotspot during specified months<br>
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1. Go to <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://ebird.org/GuideMe?cmd=changeLocation">https://ebird.org/GuideMe?cmd=changeLocation</a><br>
2. Under "Select a region," select United States and then
Washington<br>
3. Under "Then select a subregion," click on "Hotspots in
Washington."<br>
4. Hit the "Continue" button at the bottom of the page<br>
5. The hotspots are listed in alphabetical order. Look for the
three Discovery Park hotspots and click on the checkboxes for
them. (Discovery Park has the most sightings in Seattle for
Varied Thrush.)<br>
6. Go to the bottom of the page and hit the "Continue" button<br>
7. On the Bird Observations page, click on the silver "Change
Date" button at the top of the page.<br>
8. On the page that comes up, choose "Breeding Season
(June-July)"<br>
9. Set the "Start" in the "range of years" to a later date than
1900 -- say "2000."<br>
9. Hit the "Continue" button.<br>
10. This page shows bar charts for all species seen at the
three Discovery Park hotspots during the months of June and July
from 2000 to present. Varied Thrush is not shown in the list of
150+ species. (There may be a threshhold of at least 5
sightings, below which the species is not shown.) This suggests
that Varied Thrush, based on eBird data, does not breed in
Seattle.<br>
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Method Two: Visual overview of abundance<br>
<br>
This provides just a visual overview of Varied Thrush abundance
in Seattle and beyond during breeding season:<br>
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1. Go to the Status and Trends pages at<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://science.ebird.org/en/status-and-trends">https://science.ebird.org/en/status-and-trends</a><br>
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2. Type in Varied Thrush to the species box.<br>
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3. When the map appears, go to the sidebar on the right side of
the page and toggle the "Breeding Season" button to activate it.<br>
<br>
4. Under the Regional Stats section, set the country to US and
subregion to Washington. You then will have a visual
representation on a map of Varied Thrush abundance during
breeding season. It does not show any abundance in Seattle and
shows lots of abundance in the mountains.<br>
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Method Three: Sightings data for a species at hotspots for
specified months<br>
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This method works only if you have never entered a Varied Thrush
for Washington State on an eBird report. The good thing about
this method is that, if you meet this unusual condition, it will
show you every report of Varied Thrush during the specified
months at whatever place you are interested in. <br>
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1. Go to <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://ebird.org/targets">https://ebird.org/targets</a><br>
2. Enter "Washington" in the Region box and select "Washington,
United States"<br>
3. Under "Time of Year" select "Custom" by clicking on it.<br>
4. Set the Beginning month to June and the Ending month to July<br>
5. Click on the Green "Show target species" button<br>
6. In the list that appears, scroll down to Varied Thrush. On
the right side of that line, click on the blue "Map"<br>
7. In the map that shows up, zoom WAY in to the Seattle area
until the purple disappears and the red and blue tear drop
markers show up on the map. Each one of these markers is a spot
where Varied Thrush has been seen during the months specified
(June-July).<br>
8. Click on a marker and it will show you all persons who saw
the thrush at that spot in June or July and the dates of the
sightings. Discovery Park shows only 6-7 sightings in June and
none in July during "all years." <br>
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<p><font face="KacstOne">Jane Hadley</font></p>
<p><font face="KacstOne">Seattle, Washington</font></p>
<p><font face="KacstOne"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:hadleyj1725@gmail.com">hadleyj1725@gmail.com</a><br>
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