Hello Tweets,

This morning we arrived at the Point No Point Lighthouse at 8am in search of the possible Eye-browed Thrush reported the previous day by Vic Nelson and other birders. We easily located the large Holly tree on the private residence property just south of the lighthouse. Within a few minutes upon our arrival we noticed several Am.Robins that came flying into the holly tree from several directions,as the strong winds prevailed. We covered both sides of the holly tree to cover more ground and since the lighting was best on the back or east side of the tree. More Am.Robins came in from several directions to the holly tree and began to feed on the berries,which were most plentiful on the east side of the tree. The east side of the tree was accessed by walking through a partial open in the bramble row just north and east of the private residence and then into a wet,grassy area towards the holly tree.

Good numbers of Am.Robins were noted from a few bare trees further out in the wetland area,as well as in the holly tree itself ad the birds would fly back and forth allowing great views of most of the bird. By around 8:45am-9am we were joined by Rachel Lawson,then a short time later by Carol Riddell and another birder,as we all focused on all the Am.Robins for anything different. At times the Am.Robins would come and go and several of he birds flew off from the holly tree towards the community of Hansville and never returned so in all there was nearly constant activity. We located at least 2 very pale Am.Robins with one that was of particular interest just before 9:30am in the field where we stood on the back side of the private residence. We quickly focused on the bird in question,as it flew in from an unknown location and landed in a bare clump of trees with Am.Robins. The bird overall was very pale a with a pale grayish-brown back and pale brick-red breast. The bird in all observations appeared much slimmer and somewhat smaller than all the other nearby Am.Robins. The bird showed a somewhat whitish eyebrow,which was obscured by branches,but it was definitely NOT a supercillium. Before the bird flew over to the holly tree we did notice the dark streaked white throat,which was noted again when the bird landed atop the holly tree. The bird was very jumpy and only perched in the holly tree for a few seconds before flying off with the remaining flock of Am.Robins. Just before the bird did fly we noticed small and limited darker brick-red areas on the flanks that contrasted from the paler areas on the breast. The bird was definitely interesting ,but NOT an Eye-browed Thrush and thus was a very pale Am.Robin. It is very possible that we did not see the same bird that Vic Nelson and other birders saw yesterday afternoon,but we wish to comment on what we observed in case other birders are still interested and still wish to do further searching. Perhaps a few of the other observers may comment more about this bird from this morning,but these are our quick notes as we head off to eastern Washington for the Grand Coulee CBC. NO Eye-browed Thrush as of 9:30am at Point No Point!

The only other bird of interest during our visit to Point No Point was a single male Eurasian Wigeon amongst a flock of Am.Wigeon and other waterfowl in the wetland area east of the lighthouse. The Eurasian Wigeon and all the other waterfowl were observed only in flight,as they somehow were flushed up from something. Good numbers of Bonaparte's Gulls were also noted offshore of the Point No Point Lighthouse. We also noticed small numbers of Varied Thrush along the main road to the Point No Point Lighthouse.

Good birding,

Ruth and Patrick Sullivan
Fircrest,WA
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