Subject: [Tweeters] Varied Thrush Flew Into Our Door
Date: Dec 1 12:32:59 2012
From: Suzanne SP - virgobiker at gmail.com


I lurk and don't post often on this list, but enjoy the posts. I thought
I'd share a recent, disturbing event with a group of fellow bird-lovers -
it's still bothering me!

We have glass front and back doors on our log house. I have bird feeders
and a bird bath in front of the house. Last Sunday, we heard this loud
"bang" and thought one of the cats knocked over a box upstairs. I looked
all around and didn't see a thing. Then, when I went by the porch, I looked
out and there was this beautiful, but dead, Varied Thrush. Obviously, s/he
had flown into the door at amazing speed. I believe its neck was broken; it
was definitely dead and not just stunned. It still had seeds in its mouth
from our feeder.

I love when the Varied Thrushes arrive in the winter; we live in the woods
on Bainbridge Island and they usually show up when it's unusually cold in
the mountains. Such a gorgeous bird.

Anyway, thanks for listening/reading. I think I needed to share this with
other bird lovers; it's on my mind and in my heart. We haven't had any
other birds fly into our doors/windows in the 5 years we've been here.
Maybe it's time to get some of those stickers on our door...

Suzanne
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