[Tweeters] A first in a very un-birdy day ...

[Jim Betz via Tweeters]

Hello fellow birders,

   Was up on Mt. Baker yesterday and other than the ever present Ravens 
I got to

'discover' my first Hermit Thrush.  I didn't know what I was looking at 
until I got

home and used Merlin PhotoID on a picture.  I've probably seen this species

before - just wasn't edumacated then.  *G*


   The day before I was driving from the East 90 (actually "The T") to 
the intersection of

Bayview Edison and D'arcy roads and counted no less than 5 RTH in that 
short distance.

All up on the poles/wires near the poles and seemed to be "watching for 
movement".

Perhaps this is part of the "Fall uptick"?  I hope it is and not just 'a 
moment in time'.

That 5 count is quite probably the highest concentration of RTH I've 
ever seen.

- Jim