Hello Tweeties!

This morning I looked out my kitchen window which faces a creek and
woods to the sight of SEVEN Varied Thrushes poking around the soggy
lawn! I've usually seen them in the company of American Robins - and
it was usually just one. Did the wild weather stir them up?

And a quick thank-you to the fellow Tweeters who helped me ID the
salamander. It was a Long Toed Salamander. The birds hunkering down in
my wetland were Wilson's Snipes, which it seems have moved on.


Lydia Bishop
Near Snohomish, WA