[EBB Sightings] another thrush

Date:	Mon, 11 Dec 2006 16:27:00 -0800 (PST)
From:	"Phila Rogers"   Add to Address BookAdd to
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Subject:	Varied Thrush
To:	"audubon mt.diablo" 




Dear Birders:

While the Hermit Thrush is one of the commoner and most preditable of
the winter residents in my neighborhood (Berkeley Hills), the thrush I
especially look forward to each fall to the elusive Varied Thrush.  I'm
firstalerted to its presence by its distinctive voice -- a haunting,
ethereal series of call notes, each delived on different pitch.

My impression is that there are more Varied Thrushes than usual this
year, at least in Tilden Park where I do most of my local birding. 
Yesterday afternoon, I watched several at the Botanical Garden, both in
the lower branches of trees and feeding on the ground.  A male posed
briefly on a rock in the late sun displayed his vivid red-orange
breast, eyebrow, and wing bars before disappearing into the underbrush.

Are other birders observing an abundance of these elegant thrushes in
their areas?

Phila Rogers


 
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