Hello all, At 3:00 this afternoon, I relocated the Varied Thrush reported yesterday by Ben Fritchman in the Oakport Township area of north Moorhead. I found the thrush at 608 Wall Street. There is a mailbox there with "608" on it and a wooden fence running to the north with a row of crabapples along the west side of the fence. I spotted the thrush on the ground about halfway along the row. It poked around on the ground for about 10-15 seconds and then flew right up into one of the crabs where it was completely out of sight. It stayed in the crab for about 5 minutes and then dropped back to the ground for 10-15 seconds and then back up into the tree. It repeated this for about 15 minutes then stayed up in the tree until I left at 3:30.
I believe this is an adult female as it has a gray breastband, gray head markings, and is generally drab overall. Thanks again to Ben for the original posting - nice find Ben! Good Birding! Pat Patrick Beauzay Department of Entomology 217 Hultz Hall, Bolley Drive North Dakota State University Fargo, ND 58105 701-231-9491 patrick.beau...@ndsu.nodak.edu http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/entomology/ http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndsu/beauzay/tigerbeetles/index.htm http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndsu/beauzay/Mounting_Chalcidoidea/Chalcmount.htm