Hi All;

Never seen a Varied Thrush here in Seattle in the Summer!!

Cheers and Good Birding - Michael

On Sat, Jan 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM Dennis Paulson via Tweeters <
tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:


> From everything I know, Varied Thrushes shouldn't be around Seattle in

> summer. They breed in maturing or mature conifer and mixed forests in the

> mountains and in some lower areas as on the Olympic Peninsula. We see them

> every winter in our yard, and they sing up a storm in the spring. They are

> commonly in our yard well into April, but then they are gone, not to return

> until October or November, some years only when snow (interferes with

> ground foraging) drives them down from higher elevations. But we have seen

> them several times in September. and earliest ever was 23 August, latest

> ever 18 May.

>

> Dennis Paulson

> Seattle

>

> On Jan 11, 2025, at 9:36 AM, Diann MacRae via Tweeters <

> tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:

>

> Hi, Tweets

>

> I have to agree with Robert, I have never seen a varied thrush in the

> summer here, ever. We have them every winter until around March and then

> they are gone. Of course, my records are for Bothell, but that's not far

> from Seattle. Interesting if they are truly all around in the summer.

>

> Cheers, Diann

>

> Diann MacRae

> Olympic Vulture Study

> 22622 - 53rd Avenue S.E.

> Bothell, WA 98021

> tvulture at gmx.com

>

> *Sent:* Friday, January 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM

> *From:* "Robert O'Brien via Tweeters" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>

> *To:* "Blythe Horman" <blythe.horman at gmail.com>

> *Cc:* tweeters at u.washington.edu

> *Subject:* Re: [Tweeters] Robins and thrush

> A couple of questions.

> Interesting (to me anyway) that Varied Thrushes are around Seattle in the

> summer? I had somehow assumed they all retired to the mountains to breed.

> For instance, I live SE of Portland in a mixed Deciduous/near/Old Growth

> Douglas Fir area and I've never seen or heard Varied Thrushes in the summer

> in 50 years here. Lots of them pass through or winter, especially during

> snowy/icy weather.. So I looked in eBird for July. There are a lot of

> records for the greater Seattle area in July. I don't know how to search

> for breeding records, although they might show up in an individual report.

> Very tedious to search them all,individually.. So then I tried Macaulay

> Bird Library where you can search for behaviors. But in this case I could

> not select the record area for Seattler, it would accept Washington State

> but not Seattle. Very tedious to search all of Washington State for Seattle

> where undoubtedly Varied Thrush have records of breeding in the mountains.

> This seems like a major defect in the systems. But perhaps I just don't

> know how to do it. Thanks for any help.

> Bob OBrien Portland

>

> On Thu, Jan 9, 2025 at 7:45 PM Blythe Horman via Tweeters <

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>

>> Thanks Cindy! I've seen varied thrushes year round here in the Seattle

>> area but only for the last 15 years or so. Before that, seeing them

>> anywhere other than the mountains was rare.

>>

>> Best,

>> Blythe Horman, Lynnwood

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