I was very surprised to see an American Robin food carrying, ie,
gathering worms and flying off into the woods with a beak full,
first week in September. Did not note exact date, but was just
after I finished putting up some firewood, the bird was working the
area where the brush had been disturbed along the driveway, exposing
patches of bare soil. I finished the firewood on Sunday, September
3, so the bird was apparently still feeding nestlings or fledglings
at that late date.

Stan Kostka
lynnandstan at earthlink.net
Arlington WA N48 15.37 W122 06.50


Gary Bletsch wrote:

Subject: Goshawks, Pygmy Owl; weird thrush questions!
From: Gary Bletsch <garybletsch AT yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 19:30:21 -0700 (PDT)

...DISCUSSION: What in the heck was this? It looked more
like a robin than anything else I have seen. I am
fairly well experienced with Redwings, Fieldfares, and
Mistle Thrushes, and have seen Dusky Thrush and
Naumann's Thrush once each. The bird sure didn't look
much like any of those. However, it seems very, very
late for an American Robin to be holding onto its
juvenal plumage. The last spotted juvenile robin I
noted this summer was in early August.

Any comments on this quandary would be much
appreciated, especially as to the most recent
sightings of juvenile AMRO in this part of the state.