In Area 1 of the Edmonds CBC on Saturday, we had a record number of Varied
Thrushes (way past the previous number) in records going back to 1996.

Frank Caruso, Edmonds

On Tue, Dec 20, 2022, 9:49 AM viper.bob at frontier.com <viper.bob at frontier.com>
wrote:


> Yesterday I had *17 varied thrushes* in my back yard (Camano Island) all

> at the same time!! I couldn't believe my eyes.

>

> Bob Kothenbeutel

>

>

> On Monday, December 19, 2022 at 09:34:06 AM PST, Dennis Paulson <

> dennispaulson at comcast.net> wrote:

>

>

> 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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