There was one overwintering in Lorraine about 10 years ago. Associated with a
blackberry patch. I believe most folks who chased it were unsuccessful. Another
was at the Salishan nature trail more recently but I'm not sure if many folks
succeeded in seeing it. The Springfield bird seems the most viewer friendly
individual so far based on eBird reports l have seen. Sent from my Verizon,
Samsung Galaxy smartphone
-------- Original message --------From: Tim Rodenkirk <timrodenkirk@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 12/9/21 3:15 AM (GMT-08:00) To: acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx Cc: OBOL Oregon
Birders Online <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, jack.williamson.jr@xxxxxxxxx Subject:
[obol] Re: eBird Records of Brown Thrasher in Oregon I totally agree with Alan.
We only have one record for Coos, a bird found on a Coquille Valley CBC in an
out of the way wooded draw in the little town of Coquille. A remarkable find
and a skulker that was difficult to relocate. Happy vagrant finding!Tim
RodenkirkCoos BayOn Wed, Dec 8, 2021 at 8:05 PM Alan Contreras
<acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:It’s true that Brown Thrasher is a semi-regular
vagrant to Oregon, but it is not necessarily easy to find. The one in
Springfield was only the second I have seen in Oregon. The first was maybe 40
years ago in Astoria.
Alan ContrerasEugene, Oregonacontrer56@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Dec 8, 2021, at 8:00 PM, Jack Williamson <jack.williamson.jr@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:I was surprised by the seemingly mild level of interest in Lane county's
Brown Thrasher. My first thought was the heavy rain. Then I suspected
something else might be happening, so I downloaded the list of observations in
Oregon of the Brown Thrasher for all time from eBird.Robert Lockett entered the
earliest account of the species on 30 September 2021, dated 31 October 1974, at
Malheur NWR--Headquarters. The date of the most recent observation, as you are
aware, is 4-5 December 2021. For those of us who prefer to avoid evening math
other than counting sheep - the records in eBird span 47 years. On average,
eBird records yield observations of Brown Thrasher in 7 out of every ten years,
which translates to a total of 33 of the intervening years. Someone realized
this evening they just fell off the "turnip truck,"Jack WilliamsonWest Linn
