I, too have been wondering when the VARIED THRUSHES will show up. It's
unusual because by this time I can usually look outside just about any
morning and find a whole flock of them gobbling worms in my back yard.

Dayna Yalowicki
Bothell, Wa
Lovcukes at aol.com

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