Subject: Re: Varied thrushes
Date: Dec 5 16:51:13 1994
From: Dennis Paulson - dpaulson at ups.edu


>Would someone let me know how common varied thrushes are in Seattle at
>this time of year? I saw about six of them on the ground foraging in my
>back yard last Saturday.
>
>Dianna Harbin
>Shoreline area of northeast Seattle

Quite common, Dianna, especially when cold weather forces many of them down
from the mountain conifer forests where they winter as long as the weather
allows. They're in the western lowlands every winter, but in variable
numbers. They come to feeders commonly when snow covers the ground down
here.

Dennis Paulson phone: (206) 756-3798
Slater Museum of Natural History fax: (206) 756-3352
University of Puget Sound e-mail: dpaulson at ups.edu
Tacoma, WA 98416