[EBB Sightings] another thrush

Late this afternoon I saw 2 or 3 varieds near the
little train area of Tilden. They were near the picnic
tables between the train parking lot and the lot for
Vollmer Peak. I think I glimpsed another in flight
along the Vollmer trail. (I was sort of scouting
around  before the CBC and these were my first of the
year. Last year when I was scouting off of Redwood Rd
for the CBC, I saw my first ever varied thrushes. A
nice coincidence.)
I also drew a couple of curious ruby-crowned kinglets
when I "psshed." They got quite close. On the back
side of the peak a song sparrow was picking on the
edge of the road and, I believe, a golden-crowned
joined it. (The light was failing, so it was hard to
be sure.)
Robins, crows and California towhees were heard along
the way, too.
Cheers,
Alan Howe

--- Phila Rogers  wrote:

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> Date:	Mon, 11 Dec 2006 16:27:00 -0800 (PST)
> From:	"Phila Rogers"   Add to
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> Subject:	Varied Thrush
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> 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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