Category Archives: Thrushes

Spring (finally) springing

Posted on April 17, 2011 by Butterfly Psyche

I admit I’ve been waiting for something good to post…the year’s first lady beetle or first warbler or first life-list bird. By this time last year, I had all of those! Heck, I had a clutch of lady beetle eggs … Continue reading →

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Life List Bird #194: Bicknell’s Thrush

Posted on May 16, 2010 by Butterfly Psyche

I spent a wonderful afternoon sitting in a willow tree in Philly’s Roosevelt Park (incongruously right across the street from all the sports stadiums, but a great birdwatching location nonetheless). I had my binoculars and one hand and cell phone … Continue reading →

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Bird of the Day

Posted on April 14, 2010 by Butterfly Psyche

I stopped in the little park on my way to work and was rewarded with a chubby, adorable, very shy hermit thrush. He kept flushing from the underbrush, flying into a distant tree, then dropping back into the underbrush just … Continue reading →

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