Well, two days go we had a male and 2 female Varied Thrushes in the yard. On this snowy morning, we have 3 males and a female. I'll bet there are more than we think. They are chowing down on millet that we spread all over the yard and picking Cotoneaster berries off the plant along with a robin.

A Pileated Woodpecker just chased a flicker off the suet. Sorry it wasn't there for you CBC people yesterday!

Dennis Paulson
Maple Leaf neighborhood
Seattle


> On Dec 19, 2022, at 8:27 AM, Tom Benedict <benedict.t at comcast.net> wrote:

>

> I've never seen more than two Varied Thrushes at the same time in our yard here in Burien, but yesterday there were five! The were very busy eating 'berries' from our Strawberry Tree. Also our "Christmas" Hermit Thrush showed up, also chowing down on the berries. For the past few years we see one or two Hermit Thrushes around this time.

>

> Nothing exceptional, but always a treat to see these members of the Turdidae family.

>

> Tom Benedict

> Seahurst, WA

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