Here's a link to an article that Carol Riddell wrote back in 2014 https://myedmondsnews.com/2014/12/bird-lore-hermit-thrush/ . She mentions "A Hermit Thrush that winters in the Puget lowlands probably spent its summer in the Cascades or further north in Canada."

Tom Benedict
Seahurst, WA


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> I was thinking about birds that inhabit different habitat based on the season. Hermit Thrush in Washington live in the mountainous areas of the state in the breeding season and in the lowlands during the winter. Are the winter birds from Washington mountains or from farther north or a mix?

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