Subject: [Tweeters] first Varied Thrush of the winter
Date: Nov 19 08:27:05 2013
From: Paul Bannick - paul.bannick at gmail.com


Hi Dennis,

What a great piece of date to keep. I saw my first one over a month ago
and it showed up in my Cascade Mountain Ash where it fed next to a male
Western Tanager. First time that has ever happened!

Paul


On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 8:09 AM, Dennis Paulson
<dennispaulson at comcast.net>wrote:

> This is a species that I always watch for in our yard with enthusiasm, and
> I've collected arrival dates for them for quite a few years.
>
> 4 Sep 1993
> 29 Sep 1994
> 23 Aug 1995
> 26 Oct 1996
> none 1997-98
> 9 Oct 1998
> 9 Oct 1999
> 20 Sep 2000
> 13 Oct 2001
> 18 Oct 2002
> 31 Dec 2003
> 22 Oct 2004
> 19 Oct 2005
> 16 Sep 2006
> 5 Dec 2007
> 4 Nov 2008
> 29 Nov 2009
> 2 Oct 2010
> 26 Oct 2011
> 30 Oct 2012
> 19 Nov 2013
>
> It's possible some of these are off because I was traveling in one or more
> of those years, but most are dependable, as I'm watching the yard every day
> when I'm home. The dates vary greatly, more than those of many migrants,
> probably because they often represent birds not so much in latitudinal
> migration but more likely coming down out of the mountains at widely
> different times depending on local weather conditions.
>
> Also saw first Fox Sparrow in yard yesterday.
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> 1724 NE 98 St.
> Seattle, WA 98115
> 206-528-1382
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