Eric,
I noticed your Burien location and your report of still having Varied
thrushes and juncoes. My Seahurst Park borderland location had juncoes
disappear about 2 weeks ago, and our V-thrushes departed as of this
weekend. We also had all the flavors of juncoes this winter, including
the Slate-colored.
Cheers,
Maureen Ellis me2 at u.washington.edu U of WA & Burien-Seahurst Park, WA

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On Wed, 14 Apr 1999 StahlfeldE at aol.com wrote:

> Tweeters,
>
> Just getting caught up on last few days' digests. Also saw the single barn
> swallow at Kent Ponds late Sunday afternoon, which Sullivans and others
> reported, while on a walk with my family. Northern Shrike was still flying
> around, near a flock of 8-9 Golden-crowned Sparrows. How often does one get
> to see both species at the same time? Marsh and Bewick's wrens out and being
> noisy, but not the Savannah Sparrow's others reported (did see a single one
> by the side of the path). A Bald Eagle that looked like it was just
> finishing its adult plumage, with some brown still on the head.
>
> Saw two Varied Thrushes outside my home in Burien this morning; wondering how
> long they will stay around with this warm weather. Junco's are still around.
> About a week ago saw a male "Slate-colored" in formal attire as sharp as any
> remembered from my Pennsylvania days. Also saw a probable female
> Slate-colored the same time; she had just a slight indication of brown
> streaking on the back, seen through 10x bins at as close as they could focus,
> about 15', not near the amount on usual "Oregon," which reminded me of how we
> tried, generally conceded unsuccessfully, to turn Pennsylvania juncos into
> "Oregons" with just the slightest amount of brown. Now doing just the
> opposite!
>
> Lastly, saw a Tree Sparrow Sunday 4 April near marsh off Snee-Oosh Road on
> Fidalgo Island.
>
> Eric Stahlfeld
> Burien
>