Nice!

There are Varied Thrushes all over the place in the hills to the east of
Battle Ground in Clark County.

Jim Danzenbaker
Battle Ground, WA

On Thu, Dec 22, 2022 at 2:09 PM Kellie Sagen <kelliekvinne at hotmail.com>
wrote:


> Joan, I call that chuck, chuck call the kiss-kiss call. LOL

>

> They always show up in my backyard when it snows. I have 16 out there

> right now. That's a new record for me. Their antics of chasing after each

> other, funny posturing, and swooping around is highly entertaining. I

> continually make the kiss-kiss and whistle calls. It gets them comfortable

> with me and brings them in closer. I had seven at one time feeding on the

> ground about 10 feet away. I'm sure my neighbors think I'm a kook.

>

> I scattered some cracked corn under my hanging feeders the other day and

> all the birds are going nuts for it, especially the thrushes. At one point

> I had three gray squirrels, one Douglas squirrel, and one eastern,

> cottontail rabbit munching away with all the birds. Quite the sight.

>

> Happy snow birding,

>

> Kellie Sagen

> Lake Stevens

>

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Jim Danzenbaker
Battle Ground, WA
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