[obol] Re: Finding a Varied Thrush in the Portland area: not as easy as I thought!
- From: Tom McNamara <tmcmac67@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: janet.leavens1@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 17:43:21 -0700
Janet,
You are *very likely *(assured?) to see and hear Varied Thrushes these days
in Mt Tabor Park (see google maps) especially on the north and east sides.
Morning is good for them.
Tom
On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 3:09 PM, Janet Leavens <janet.leavens1@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> My husband and I are here visiting the Portland area for the week (from
> Central Florida). We've already visited the coast and have had lots of
> luck, finding 9 lifers including Northern Shrike; White-tailed Kite and
> Heerman's Gull.
>
> However, we've had no luck whatsoever with Varied Thrush. According to
> eBird, they seem to be all around us and have been reported from almost
> every location we've birded. Yet, although we've seen other skulkers and
> hard to see birds (Hermit Thrush, Pacific and Bewick's Wren, Brown Creeper)
> we've yet to (knowingly) see or hear a Varied Thrush. So, can anyone give
> us any tips? Are Varied Thrushes still singing (I suppose not)? Are they
> calling? Are they only really active at one particular time of day? Do the
> favor some specific habitat that we're missing? I have been assuming they'd
> be found in well wooded areas like Hermit Thrushes, but maybe I'm wrong.
> Does luck really have something to do with it -- as is some days you can
> find 5 and others zero? Is there any particular spot that is really
> reliable for the species?
>
> Thanks in advance for any info!
>
> Janet Leavens
> Oviedo, FL
>
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