Sorry, but the bird I saw was not a Varied Thrush but a Yellow-headed Blackbird. Perhaps the light that day made the yellow seem more orange than yellow.
Renee ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: OFO Birds via birdnews <[email protected]> Date: Sun, May 10, 2026 at 8:58 PM Subject: [Birdnews]Varied Thrush, Cache Bay (Nipissing) To: <[email protected]> From: Renee Levesque <[email protected]> Date: Sun, 10 May 2026 19:16:02 -0400 Subject: Varied Thrush, Cache Bay At about 1:30 pm, I saw a Varied Thrush at Cache Bay Wetlands along the Tower Trail which skirts Lake Nipissing. (Tower Trail is reached from the ballpark from where the tower is visible.) While looking at a couple of Red-winged Blackbirds through my binoculars, I just happened to see the thrush in the wet thickets on the right side of the trail from the tower, just before the trail becomes a bit impassable because of water across the trail. I mostly saw its dark head, brilliant orange eyebrow above its black eye patch and its brilliant orange throat and neck before the dark body. Because it was hidden in the thickets and low to the ground, I did not see the rest of it. Renee Levesque, North Bay -- Ontbirds and Birdnews are moderated email Listservs provided by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) as a service to all birders in Ontario. Birdnews is reserved for announcements, location summaries, first of year reports, etc. To post a message on Birdnews, send an email to: [email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns, contact the Birdnews Moderators by email at [email protected]. Please review posting rules and guidelines at http://ofo.ca/site/content/listserv-guidelines To find out more about OFO, please visit our website at ofo.ca or Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists. -- Ontbirds and Birdnews are moderated email Listservs provided by the Ontario Field Ornithologists (OFO) as a service to all birders in Ontario. Birdnews is reserved for announcements, location summaries, first of year reports, etc. To post a message on Birdnews, send an email to: [email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns, contact the Birdnews Moderators by email at [email protected]. Please review posting rules and guidelines at http://ofo.ca/site/content/listserv-guidelines To find out more about OFO, please visit our website at ofo.ca or Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/OntarioFieldOrnithologists.
