I heard my first Varied Thrush of the fall today, 2 October. Like the weather today, that definitely seems to foretell the winter. A bunch of juncos arrived a few days ago. A Swainson's Thrush was bathing in the fountain on 30 September, must be about the end of their migration.

Dennis

On Oct 2, 2010, at 12:05 PM, tweeters-request at mailman2.u.washington.edu wrote:

> Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2010 14:41:14 -0700
> From: Ellen Blackstone <ellen at 123imagine.net>
> Subject: [Tweeters] 1st of October, 1st Varied Thrush of the fall
> To: Tweeters Newsgroup <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
>
> Hey, Tweets!
>
> Early this morning, we heard our first Varied Thrush of this fall.
> Funny, when I looked at the date on my calendar, I saw that it was Oct.
> 1 in 2008, too.
>
> Love that sound!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ellen Blackstone, Wedgwood, Seattle
> *

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206-528-1382
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