On Wednesday, 24 Aug, there was a Varied Thrush singing sporadically in the
trees near my house in Maple Leaf (NE 98th St), the first for the fall and
my earliest date in the last few years. Does this presage an early winter?
What does the almanac say?

Dennis Paulson, Director 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