During the Duluth Christmas Bird Count, Janet Riegle found a Varied Thrush in our count area in the Lakeside neighborhood, in a crabapple tree at bit west of Oakley and 47th. At the time at midday, our group was split up. Janet and I reconnected about 2:30 and we found the thrush, which which gave me quite marginal but identifiable photos which I posted on flickr. One of the photos is here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lauraerickson/8276421570/ - Laura Erickson Duluth, MN For the love, understanding, and protection of birds There is symbolic as well as actual beauty in the migration of birds. There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature--the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after the winter. —Rachel Carson Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html