[EBB Sightings] Re: thrush

Hermit thrush in my backyard (Berkeley flatlands) over the weekend too.
Lisa

Alan Krakauer wrote:

> Not a real rarity, but in the event this is in one of the CoCo count
> circles, figured I'd post it.  I pretty routinely see a shrike near
> Franklin Canyon off of Highway 4, between Hercules and Martinez.  I
> see it in the morning (around 8), heading eastbound on Hwy 4, past
> the Franklin Canyon pulloff, under the railroad overpass, and on a
> wire a few hundred feet up the hill on the right.  I've never stopped
> to take a closer look, but it appears you can get off of Hwy 4
> immediately before the railroad trestle and then head up hill
> parallel to the hwy.
> I'm guessing this is a loggerhead and not northern since I first saw
> it a few months ago...  I'll wait until I'm not going past at 70mph
> to make a positive ID though! :)
> Also had a first-of-season Hermit Thrush in our yard this morning, in
> Richmond View near Wildcat Canyon.  Seems to be a good year for Fox
> Sparrows as well- we often have 3 at once, and probably at least 5
> total.
> Good birding,
> Alan
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