The female Varied Thrush *is* still present today, Thursday April 5. Not ten minutes after a Northern Shrike scared everything out of the yard, the thrush flew in from the west and was after seed and suet again at 1:15 PM. On all occasions I've seen her, she stays low in shrubs or on the ground (er, snow). Has a lot of food and water options around here, with the crabapples along Jefferson for several blocks, many feeders, Oregon creek, and the other ravine across 21st Ave E with old apple trees etc. I'm wondering now if the bird possibly wintered in the area, since there were the reports of female Varied Thrush from the Ellery House and even my crummy apartment yard back in December too.
Very nice treat for us stuck indoors with fevers. Chris Mansfield Duluth ____________________________________________________________________________________ TV dinner still cooling? Check out "Tonight's Picks" on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/
