Thrush Hill Music presents a "Trios and Soliloquies" recital at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, April 18, and Saturday, April 19, at Resurrection...
...songbirds arrive in Southeast Alaska from places as far away as South America. Locally, most small-sized birds like warblers, thrushes and hummingbirds are migratory, and many return to start their nests in May. This is an opportunity to see these beautiful...
...the late-arriving Swainson's thrushes are here, sounding off with their distinctive rising notes. Hermit thrushes have been here for a while, but they're...eggshells on the ground). A few varied thrushes and ruby-crowned kinglets could...
...gathering and carrying dry grasses for nest lining.Ravens are technically songbirds, along with sparrows and warblers and thrushes, although that comes as a surprise to many folks. On this day, 'our' raven earned its technical classification, with...
An adolescent varied thrush makes a quick meal of red berries from an elderberry tree in Douglas on Sunday.
...and tail, along with the color, I can narrow it down to a sparrow or one of the littler thrushes. The white on its head is the giveaway though. Thrushes don't have white on top of their heads, so I deducted my furtive fugitive was a white-crowned...
The song of the varied thrush rings out in the still bare woods. It is the first crack in the winter wall, and like a rush of pent up emotion, the spring...
...sparrows. At least half a dozen varied thrushes cruised the ground level. Periodically...broke up the party, sending even the thrushes diving for cover.As we waited for the...of quiet "chup" calls, the varied thrushes kept trying out quiet versions of their...
...American redstart, and northern waterthrush), dark-eyed junco, American robin, Lincoln sparrow, hermit thrush, and Swainson's thrush. I missed the Tennessee warbler that had been reported for this area. This cool and dry June was a good...
The songs of the robin and the varied thrush are sure signs of spring for many folks in Juneau. But for beavers, the sound of running water is the song of spring. Swedish...
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