Varied Thrush

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I saw my first Varied Thrush just a few weeks ago, on Vashon Island.  Ordinary, I suppose, but beautiful nonetheless. Today, hot on the heels of my visiting Band-tailed Pigeon, I caught a peek of a Varied Thrush scooting through the arborvitae.  Conveniently, the recent snow, snow, snow pushed down a chunk of one arborvitae … Read more

Band-tailed Pigeon

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Dad asked me, “Did you see that bird?  It doesn’t look quite right…” I did see the bird and I knew exactly what he meant by “not quite right”. We have so many doves, both Mourning Doves and Eurasian Collared-Doves.  They move between gathering in the Big Tree behind the backyard to the Big Tree … Read more

Snow Angel

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[envira-gallery id=”2451″]It snowed last night. The Silver Slug™ was in fine form as it reluctantly crawled (in first gear) up 35th Avenue.  Mercifully it did crawl up, rather than slide back… My brother and his wife are moving to Florida.  They are driving out of town in January.  This makes me feel a number of … Read more