Has anyone noticed a lack of Varied Thrushes this year? Last winter, our
first one didn't come until Thanksgiving, but we had about five the rest
of the winter. I saw one in our yard in October, the day after the first
mountain snowfall, but he was eaten by a Cooper's Hawk about a week
later. Has the weather just been too mild for them to move yet, or is my
yard just devoid of them for some reason?


Michael Dossett
Shoreline, Washington
mpdossett at Juno.com