The Afton State Park Townsend's Solitaire was refound today at about 2:00 PM, at the location previously mentioned. It was feeding on berries in the deciduous scrub on the east side of the path, and spent some time preening, before flying overhead and northward into the line of cedar and pine. In preening, it fanned out its wing feathers so as to display a broad, continuous stripe of buff coloring across the gray background--very striking, as opposed to the broken-up appearance of the peach markings when the wing was folded. The only vocalization heard was a very soft set of notes reminiscent of bluebird sounds.
Linda Whyte
