Date: 1/7/25 11:52 am From: Blythe Horman via Tweeters <tweeters...> Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Nice flock of robins
And in among the dark-headed male robins: a single female varied thrush. :)
On Tue, Jan 7, 2025 at 11:45 AM Blythe Horman <blythe.horman...>
wrote:
> Hi Tweeters,
>
> There’s a nice flock of 12 male robins picking busily at the bare earth
> under the pines outside my window, and some up in the trees. I know they
> haven’t arrived from anywhere particularly far away, but it’s a cheerful
> sight nonetheless. They’re lunging so vigorously into the ground that there
> are glimpses of their “underwear” (under tail coverts),which I find
> amusing. Not to “poor me”, but I’m essentially housebound due to chronic
> illness, so much of my birding has been from my apartment for quite a while
> now.
>
> On a side side note, I moved here two years ago in April, and it was very
> birdy. Last year, almost nothing. I’m curious what this year will bring.
>
> Happy birding,
> Blythe Horman, Lynnwood
>
