Bird is still present at the same location. Observed shortly after 3:00 and then again from 410-425. Currently in conifer row.
Liz On December 18, 2018 3:11:55 PM CST, Alyssa DeRubeis <[email protected]> wrote: >An update on the Varied Thrush at Veterans Park (Hennepin Co.): Long >story short, she was quite uncooperative. Curt Rawn, Ron Taube, and >a handful of other birders tried for the bird this morning from about >9:30am to 1:15pm. For about the first 1.5 hours no robins were seen, >then we detected the flock as they arrived on the north side by a row >of spruce trees west of the mini golf course (still off of Portland >Ave). The flock numbered around 30+ birds. Around 11:15am Ron believes >he briefly spotted the Varied Thrush getting chased by a robin, >although it was only for a few seconds and no one else saw it. The >robins hung around most of the time after that. There were some >fruiting trees in the neighborhoods west of the park, but the main >fruiting tree people have spotted the bird at in the past is running >low on berries. Good luck to anyone trying for her! > >Alyssa DeRubeis >visiting Golden Valley, Hennepin Co > >---- >Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net >Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
