Sat 9 Jan 2010
Varied Thrush still in Forreston
Posted by Dan Williams under Bird Sightings , Rare BirdsNo Comments
I haven’t seen anything posted here yet, so I thought that some readers who don’t follow IBET might be interested to know that a Varied Thrush has been coming to a feeder (well, backyard-she is putting out fruit) at Anne Straight’s house in Forreston. She lives on 5th street (?), on the SW edge of town. It is a two story white frame house with an old cement farm silo in the back. You can park in her driveway and walk around the front of the house to the area along the back deck (follow the footprint trail). The thrush is mostly under the conifer furthest to the right as you look west, but sometimes it is in other bushes in the yard. Dress warmly! You might have to stand there for a while.
January 10th, 2010 at 4:33 pm
I’ve seen this beautiful adult male Varied Thrush twice since it was reported by Anne Straight. If you’re curious I have some pictures of this guy posted on my Flickr account at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mesquakie8/
Good luck and I recommend that if you’ve never seen a Varied Thrush it is a wonderful opportunity to see one here in northern Illinois.