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[Vaughn Willett]

Wow! Good stuff, John.

[DLJeff]

Ruby crowned kinglets are cool little birds. Don't get to see their ruby very often.



Had a flock of cedar waxwings pass through the other day.

[John H]

Good stuff, Jeff. I am going to Oregon next month. I am hoping to see the varied thrush and maybe get a picture of him.

[DLJeff]

Thrush's as you know are difficult to see sometimes because they like to forage on the ground under bushes and deep inside undergrowth. I haven't seen a varied thrush around central Oregon, might be more of them on the other side of the Cascades, I don't know. I see hermits and a Swainson's thrush out here so I would expect varied to be around. If you want to see an American robin come on up, we have about a buhjillion of them around, crapping all over everything and crashing into windows.

[John H]

I saw the varied thrush on the coast in Oregon and Washington last year but the camera was not with me. Hopefully I can run into one this year but it is probably a long shot. I don’t know which is longer odds, a picture of a varied thrush or a winter steelhead on the swing but I will be looking for both. Maybe I will look for a unicorn or Sasquatch while I am at it. I had a varied and a hermit come through my backyard one day a few weeks ago. That was pretty surprising.

[DLJeff]

Happy Groundhog Day. I hate to burst anyone's bubble but Marvin the Marmot says he can kick Puxy Phil's butt three times before he even thinks about looking for his shadow.

[DLJeff]

This morning perched in the lilac tree out back. Hardy little Anna's hummingbirds that over winter here. Not much for them to eat so we keep the feeder out to supplement the few little gnats and things they find.
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