Dear Tweets;


I have been watching a flock of Oregon Juncos mixed in with a few
Slate and Dark Eyed Juncos feed daily here. I have mentioned earlier
that I attempted to take a photograph of a Variegated/Varied Thrush,
who is quite skiddish. Well, the Thrush flew INTO the flock of
Junco's feeding yesterday. Normally, the Thrush feeds OUTSIDE of the
flock. This was different behavior from this Thrush in the last week
or so! ALSO there is one more Black capped chickadee now for a full
set. The chickadee and the Red Breasted Nuthatch have been eating my
millet and making quite the mess for the Junco's to eat below and the
4 squirrels to pick up afterwards. I have had much activity here with
this flock of 30 or so Juncos all day!

*One note on the Varied Thrush. He has a second dark black band, the
same width of his neck band, near his lower breast or tail area.*

There were two Bald Eagles to fly at a low altitude here yesterday.
They were playing and calling out to one another - flying very near
one another - darting in and out of one another at close range. They
both flew Southwest of here.



Michelle
Yelm
Thurston County
yelmbackyard at gmail.com