Date: 1/16/25 7:42 pm
From: Joe Morlan via groups.io <jmorlan...>
Subject: Re: [northbaybirds] white-morph Varied Thrush captured at Palomarin
First recorded specimen in Berkeley in 1921

https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5097&context=condor

Also photographed in Cornwall in 1982 was a first for the Western
Palearctic.

https://britishbirds.co.uk/sites/default/files/pdf-store/V83_N05_P187_195_A065.pdf

I have never seen one myself.

On Thu, 16 Jan 2025 18:04:48 -0800, "Sarah Brooks via groups.io"
<birdergirl22...> wrote:

>I had a white morph varied thrush in my yard the winter of 2020. The only
>field guide I could find that mentioned that color morph was National
>Geographic, stating “In a very rare variant morph, all orange color is
>replaced by white.” Very cool bird to see. I’ve looked for it every winter
>since, but haven’t seen it again.
>
>Sarah Brooks
>Sebastopol
>
>On Wed, Jan 15, 2025 at 7:27?PM Diana Humple via groups.io <dianahumple=
><gmail.com...> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> A week and a half ago, Point Blue biologists Mike Mahoney and Mason Avelar
>> captured what some online chatter from other regions calls a 'white-morph'
>> Varied Thrush at the Palomarin Field Station in Point Reyes National
>> Seashore. I don't think we've ever caught one at least in the decades I've
>> been working here, and I'd never seen or heard of this plumage, so thought
>> some of you might also be interested!
>>
>> A couple pics here: https://ebird.org/checklist/S209080686
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Diana
>> Bolinas CA
>> https://www.pointblue.org/about-us/contact-visit-us/
>>
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Joseph Morlan, Pacifica, CA


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