Tweeters,
Today a group of about 15 people searched throughout the day for the murre and murrelet without success (at least until 3 when I left). Of great interest was a possible female Eye-browed Thrush found by Vic Nelson and seen by Brad Waggoner, Alan Knue and myself. Vic and I had a nice open look at the front of the bird for about 25-30 seconds. The bird was seen sitting in the holly tree before you reach the lighthouse on the right hand side of the trail opposite the beach. I also had an opportunity to see the back of the bird sitting in a tree to the south of the holly, though the view was somewhat occluded by branches. Field marks other than the very distinct face pattern noted by Brad were: much lighter coloration on the back of the bird in relation to the American Robins, smaller size (about 80-85%), yellow on part of the lower mandible, with an otherwise black bill, breast color more consistent with a pale robin.
We had some of the same concerns about id problems that Ian Paulsen alluded to. Vic and I both had questions about our familiarity with robins and certainly little/no familiarity with Eye-browed Thrush. Another possible concern was that it appeared to me that the white feathering on the belly was interspersed with the pale orange-red feathering rather than being distinctly white.
The good news is that there are still a fair amount of berries on the tree and this bird could be around for at least another day or two until the berries are gone. Let's hope that the bird is obscuris, but not obscure.

Barry Levine
Seattle
levineb at bsd405.org