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The
Varied Thrush winters along the coast of Alaska and
British Columbia east to northern Idaho and southward
to southern California. However, individual birds
regularly wander east in the wintertime to thrill
bird watchers. |
| Varied
Thrush in New Jersey, photo by Kevin Watson. |
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the 2004-2005 season, FeederWatch received six confirmed
reports of Varied Thrush in the middle and eastern
U.S., and numerous reports of additional birds were
posted to online email lists and rare bird hotlines
throughout the East. In two of the previous six years,
Project FeederWatch participants reported two Varied
Thrushes in the eastern half of the continent. In
three of the previous six years, only one Varied Thrush
was reported, each time in Minnesota. |
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The
most unique Varied Thrush report during the 2004-05
season came from FeederWatcher Beth Hoar in Hunter
River on Prince Edward Island. Her report was the
first confirmed Varied Thrush in the province! |
| Varied
Thrush on Prince Edward Island, photo by Beth Hoar. |
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Leona
Krauth, of River Vale, New Jersey, has had a Varied
Thrush (shown at top and left) in her yard two years
in a row. Some people have all the luck! |
| Varied
Thrush in New Jersey, photo by Kevin Watson. |
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This Varied Thrush fed under a feeder in the yard of Becky Davis of West Bend, Wisconsin. |
| Varied Thrush in Wisconsin, photo by Becky Davis |
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David Riffle photographed this Varied Thrush in his yard in Homerville, Ohio. |
| Varied
Thrush in Ohio, photo by David Riffle. |
Other lucky participants to find a Varied Thrush in their yards were Valerie Brady of Duluth, Minnesota, and Sean Hunt and Jeanette Leete of White Bear Lake, Minnesota.
Learn
more about the Varied
Thrush on the All About Birds web site.
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