I believe I saw a Varied Thrush this evening while I was headed south on Hennepin Avenue next to The Walker Sculpture Garden near the Armajani pedestrian bridge. It landed on a sign while I was stopped in traffic. It’s tail was wagging and appeared bluish. I saw the eye band and black band on breast. I have never seen one but have been checking pics on iBird pro because people on MOU have posted sightings in Minneapolis. If anyone else sees it again let me know. Thx!
Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 21, 2018, at 6:59 PM, Alyssa DeRubeis <[email protected]> wrote: > > Curt Rawn and I tried again from 3:30-5:00pm this evening with no luck. Three > other birders left as we arrived, and I assumed they saw nothing either as > they did not mention anything to us. Per eBird and MOU seasonal report, the > Varied Thrush has not been observed since Tuesday evening. > > Alyssa DeRubeis > Golden Valley, Hennepin Co. > >> On Dec 18, 2018, at 4:26 PM, Liz Harper <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 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 ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
