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DIYSteve seeking hygge
Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 12655 | TRs | Pics Location: here now |
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DIYSteve
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Fri May 05, 2017 5:02 pm
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olderthanIusedtobe wrote: | I don't quite have it dialed in when I typically hear each type of thrush each year. |
I've made a mental note re FOY Swainson's Thrush each year for at least a decade and quite certain I've never heard one in WA before Memorial Day.
olderthanIusedtobe wrote: | I seem to recall a few days where I've heard the trifecta of hermit, Swainson's and varied during a hike. |
I've heard 2 of the 3 on 100 hikes, but don't recall hearing all 3 on the same hike. Come to think of it, I do not recall ever hearing a Swainson's Thrush song >3000', and I have heard very few Hermit Thrush songs <2500'.
olderthanIusedtobe wrote: | Most of the time I first hear them [Hermit Thrush] in the Teanaway or around Leavenworth |
Same here. IME Hermit Thrush songs are most abundant in montane forests and lower subalpine forests E of the crest. Notwithstanding their name, the males get bold for a short time during breeding season. A couple times I have seen a male conspicuously perched within 25 feet of me. After breeding season, good luck ever getting a good luck at one.
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olderthanIusedtobe Member
Joined: 05 Sep 2011 Posts: 7708 | TRs | Pics Location: Shoreline |
I've never heard all 3 simultaneously, but almost positive I've heard both Swainson's and hermit at different points during the same hike, and hearing varied is fairly common.
I don't SEE any of them very often. Like probably everyone else I've seen hundreds if not thousands of robins during my lifetime, but the other thrushes make much less frequent appearances.
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DIYSteve seeking hygge
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Sat May 06, 2017 8:21 am
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olderthanIusedtobe wrote: | I don't SEE any of them very often. |
Varied Thrush is by far the most conspicuous and bold of the 3 (with the exception of Hermit males during breeding season, as noted above), and they are in Western WA all year round. Over the past 20 years I've seen 200+ Varied Thrushes each year, including nearly daily sightings on the ground under the feeder in our former back yard in West Seattle and many VT sightings while jogging at Tiger. (Those numbers are likely to fall off now that I live E of the crest.) I've averaged a dozen or so Swainson's visual IDs per year, roughly half of them while jogging in Schmitz Park in West Seattle. My confirmed Hermit Thrush IDs have been limited to males singing from tree tops E-of-crest montane forest during breeding season -- est. 8-10 total through the years.
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tmatlack Member
Joined: 21 Aug 2007 Posts: 2854 | TRs | Pics
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Sun May 07, 2017 2:41 am
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May 6
Raptor Rapture at Ebey Bluffs: Whidbey Island
Stiff breeze, warm sun= great updrafts for soaring
3-4 Bald eagles cruising the steep dune grass slopes, with several coasting 10-20 feet from enthralled hikers on the upper trail. Two big hawks(sorry no ID) doing aerial ballet at the same time.
Small flock of Greater Yellowlegs(?) on beach
Tom
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Nancyann Member
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Wed May 17, 2017 8:38 am
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Stepped outside this morning and was greeted by both Swainson's Thrush and Western Tanagers singing.
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ale_capone Member
Joined: 22 Sep 2009 Posts: 720 | TRs | Pics
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Been enjoying the aeronautics of the Swallow's living in my soffit, and a pretty orange rufous humming bird guarding his new feeders.
Wish I could identify the rest.
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cartman Member
Joined: 20 Feb 2007 Posts: 2800 | TRs | Pics Location: Fremont |
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Thu Jun 01, 2017 3:51 pm
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Post some pics in this thread y'all!
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olderthanIusedtobe Member
Joined: 05 Sep 2011 Posts: 7708 | TRs | Pics Location: Shoreline |
I've been hearing quail in the brush at Richmond Beach Park for several years but hadn't seen any. Finally last weekend I saw one in the driveway of a house about halfway between Richmond Beach Park and Boeing Creek Park. Male, had the bobby thing on its head. Disappeared around the side of the house.
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Chief Joseph Member
Joined: 10 Nov 2007 Posts: 7701 | TRs | Pics Location: Verlot-Priest Lake |
I have been hearing this strange sounding bird at my place out in Verlot and am curious as to what it could be. It makes a weird almost squawking sound, unfortunately I have not had a look at it/them. Any ideas?
Go placidly amid the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
Go placidly amid the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
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Chief Joseph Member
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Sounds likely, I found a dead hawk nearby recently.
Go placidly amid the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
Go placidly amid the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
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Chief Joseph Member
Joined: 10 Nov 2007 Posts: 7701 | TRs | Pics Location: Verlot-Priest Lake |
It was a crow, didn't sound like one, but then they can mimic the sounds of other birds right?
Go placidly amid the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
Go placidly amid the noise and waste, and remember what comfort there may be in owning a piece thereof.
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DIYSteve seeking hygge
Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 12655 | TRs | Pics Location: here now |
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Tue Sep 19, 2017 5:02 pm
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Fall is arriving E o' the crest. This morning I watched a pair of migrating Sharp-shinned Hawks getting harassed by a half dozen Black-billed Magpies.
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tmatlack Member
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Wed Sep 20, 2017 3:08 am
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Paddled down the Sky Sat. for a Humpy recon and lots of Canadian geese moving. Probs. residents, but it sure is cool to have them come in right over your head and land...Some Chinookers jumping in the big pools too. (Hatchery I would guess.)
Tom
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olderthanIusedtobe Member
Joined: 05 Sep 2011 Posts: 7708 | TRs | Pics Location: Shoreline |
I saw 4 quail scurrying into the thick brush right by the entrance to Richmond Beach Park today. I knew they were there.
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olderthanIusedtobe Member
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There are a bunch of what I presume to be Oregon juncos feeding in my back yard. One of them had an almost entirely white body. Darker head like the others, and a few brown feathers on the back and wings, but mostly white. Not an off white or pale gray either. Can honestly say I've never seen that before!
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