[EBB Sightings] Northern Waterthrush continues at the Berkeley Aquatic Park

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We saw both the Hermit Thrush and the Northern Waterthrush in the same area
at the Berkeley Aquatic Park on Sunday afternoon.  We're familiar with the
Hermit Thrush, as it frequents our yard at home.  The most noticeable
difference was that the Northern Waterthrush had a white stripe over it's
eye, and it was bobbing it's tail as others have described.

Scot Sutherland
Berkeley, CA


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From: briharrell at comcast.net 
Date: Jan 30, 2006 8:14 AM
Subject: Re: [EBB Sightings] Northern Waterthrush continues at the Berkeley
Aquatic Park
To: Gerschwin Sutherland 


I was at that spot yesterday (Sunday) looking for the NW. I saw a bird that
looked like a Hermit Thrush on the ground eating berries from the
surrounding plants. The two seem to look alike according to my field guides=
,
but the bird I saw was not showing any of the tail bobing that the NW is
known for. Does this match what you were seeing?

Thanks,

Brian Harrell

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From: Gerschwin Sutherland 
We stopped by the Berkeley Aquatic park this morning, and while there was a
large group of people looking for the Northern Waterthrush, we did not see
the bird.

We dropped back by again at 3pm this afternoon, and this time, on our fourt=
h
vist to the northeast corner of southern pond, we saw the Northern
Waterthrush.

It was nice to see this bird, but my wife is almost equally as happy that w=
e
no longer have to go back to that spot... which isn't that scenic, quite, o=
r
safe looking.  (It's not worrysome to see people with binoculars hanging ou=
t
in the bushes, but the young men without binoculars...)

Scot Sutherland
Berkeley, CA

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We saw both the Hermit Thrush and the Northern Waterthrush in the same area=
 at the Berkeley Aquatic Park on Sunday afternoon.  We're familiar wit=
h the Hermit Thrush, as it frequents our yard at home.  The most notic=
eable difference was that the Northern Waterthrush had a white stripe over =
it's eye, and it was bobbing it's tail as others have described.
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Date: Jan 30, 2006 8:14 AM
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 that looked like a Hermit Thrush on the ground eating berries from the sur=
rounding plants. The two seem to look alike according to my field guides, b=
ut the bird I saw was not showing any of the tail bobing that the NW is kno=
wn for. Does this match what you were seeing?
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as a large group of people looking for the Northern Waterthrush, we did not=
 see the bird.

We dropped back by again at 3pm this afternoon, and t=
his time, on our fourth vist to the northeast corner of southern pond, we s=
aw the Northern Waterthrush.=20
y that we no longer have to go back to that spot... which isn't that scenic=
, quite, or safe looking.  (It's not worrysome to see people with bino=
culars hanging out in the bushes, but the young men without binoculars...)=
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