Howdy!

Barring any end-of-year summaries, the last post of the year is up at www.klickitatcountybirding.blogspot.com<http://www.klickitatcountybirding.blogspot.com>. Despite some bumps in the road, I ended the year with 188 species, adding a handful of birds during the weekend (Barred Owl, Lincoln's Sparrow, Barrow's Goldeneye, Red-breasted Merganser).

The most recent post also has a shot of a Hermit Thrush. I feel like I rarely have good pictures of them or views like I did of this one. So, when I saw in the Sibley Guide that there are subspecies, I stared at the photo... stared at the guide... and I'm not making much progress! On one level, it's completely unimportant, but I'm pretty curious now about the subspecies out there - if anyone tries to make those distinctions in the field... which ones show up where... etc. etc. Long story short, if you know your Hermit Thrushes, have a peek, and shoot me an email! I do have another out of focus image that shows the back and tail if that would help.

Bring on the new year! 🙂

Tim Brennan
Renton
Klickitat County Birding - Blogger<http://www.klickitatcountybirding.blogspot.com/>
From here, it was a long drive along the Columbia towards Lyle. I had a reservation at Domaine Pouillon to pick up some wine, taste some wine, and grab some wood.
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