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	Varied Thrush (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Eerie, vibrating bell-like tones that slowly fade away, sung on five or six different notes and separated by long, deliberate pauses, the song of the Varied Thrush is heard most frequently at dawn, dusk, or after one of the frequent rains in its forest habitat.
		Indeed, this thrush is most common in the dense wet hemlock, fir, and spruce forests of the Pacific Coast, from southern Alaska to California.
		Varied Thrushes forage on the ground in dense thickets by flicking aside leaves and debris to expose insects, earthworms, and other small invertebrates as well as seeds, fruit, and acorns.
	www.birds.cornell.edu /BOW/VARTHR (432 words)

	Encyclopedia: Varied Thrush
		The Varied Thrush, Zoothera naevia or Ixoreus naevius, is a member of the Thrush family Turdidae.
		The male Varied Thrush is a striking bird, and is virtually unmistakable.
		There is an extremely rare variant of this species in which all the orange in the plumage is replaced by white.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Varied-Thrush (748 words)

	v_thrush (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Further north, the Varied Thrush is widespread but sparsely distributed from spring through autumn, occurring in the northwest to the Tatshenshini River valley and in the northeast to Kwokullie Lake.
		The Varied Thrush has a widespread nesting distribution throughout southern portions of the province, from the west coast of Vancouver Island east to the Rocky Mountains and north, in the interior at higher elevations, to the latitude of Quesnel (53°N).
		On the coast, the Varied Thrush nests from sea level to at least 1,500 m elevation; in the interior, it nests from 420 to 1,860 m elevation.
	www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca /nh_papers/gracebell/english/v_thrush.html (1587 words)

	Thrush page
		Thrushes are small to medium-sized songbirds that have ten primaries and a turdine 'thumb' on the syrinx.
		These large thrushes sing lovely songs; they hop on lawns listening for earthworms and pull them from the soft earth; and their nests can often be easily found.
		The Varied Thrush of western North America breeds in dark woods of the northwest and is so shy that it's prolonged note on a minor scale is often the only evidence it is around.
	www.montereybay.com /creagrus/thrushes.html (1524 words)

	Varied Thrush
		Varied Thrush: This thrush breeds from Alaska and Yukon south to Oregon, California, Idaho, and Montana.
		Varied Thrush: Three to five pale blue, spotted eggs are laid in a moss-lined twig cup built in a small tree, sapling, or bush.
		Varied Thrush: The Varied Thrush is somewhat similar to the American Robin, but has a dark breast band, orange eye stripe, and orange wing bars.
	www.percevia.com /explorer/db/birds_of_north_america_western/obj/200/target.aspx (496 words)

	Varied Thrush (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		A large-sized thrush (24cm) similar in shape and habit to the American Robin, the Varied Thrush is distinguished by its orange eyebrows (supercilia) and wing bars and the prominent band across its deep orange breast.
		Varied Thrushes require large stands of forest with dense canopy to conceal nests and minimize predation.
		Varied Thrushes forage on the ground for insects and spiders during the breeding season.
	www.nps.gov /gaar/Expanded/key_values/natural_resources/birds/bird_descriptions/varied_thrush.htm (515 words)

	Vineyard Gazette - Bird News
		Robin-like but sporting a fl face patch, a fl band across the breast and pale orange wing bars, the varied thrush is one of a number of migratory western birds that is highly prone to vagrancy.
		Though not a particularly close relative of our robin (the two species are in different genera), the varied thrush behaves in a manner suggestive of that familiar bird - at least of the wilder robin populations that live in northern forests.
		Sally looked for but didn't see the reddish tail that is a hermit thrush's most practical field mark, and she felt that the spotting on the bird's breast was too light for this species.
	www.mvgazette.com /features/bird_news?document=20050128_bird_news (955 words)

	Varied Thrush (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Eerie, vibrating bell-like tones that slowly fade away, sung on five or six different notes and separated by long, deliberate pauses, the song of the Varied Thrush is heard most frequently at dawn, dusk, or after one of the frequent rains in its forest habitat.
		Indeed, this thrush is most common in the dense wet hemlock, fir, and spruce forests of the Pacific Coast, from southern Alaska to California.
		Varied Thrushes forage on the ground in dense thickets by flicking aside leaves and debris to expose insects, earthworms, and other small invertebrates as well as seeds, fruit, and acorns.
	birds.cornell.edu /BOW/VARTHR (432 words)

	Grays Harbor Audubon Society, State Of Washington (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		While a few stick around in the lowlands during the summer, Varied Thrushes are primarily a winter bird in our local lowland forests.
		A member of the Thrush family the Varied Thrush is closely related to the American Robin.
		Varied Thrushes also have 2 orange wing bars and a broad fl breast band.
	www.ghas.org /variedthrush.html (441 words)

	Varied Thrush (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The haunting courtship song of the Varied Thrush is unlike any other sound in nature.
		The low tones of the Varied Thrush's song ensure that the sound can pass through the dense western coniferous forests typical of its breeding habitat.
		Varied Thrushes are typically found in the temperate rain forests of the West Coast, but they extend east across Washington and B into the Rocky Mountains.
	www.birdguide.com /brdpgs/763.htm (211 words)

	Cook County News-Herald - Grand Marais, Minnesota (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The varied thrush, however, glows with bright orange and fl and gray.
		Townsend’s solitaires and one varied thrush were seen last month and may still be in the area if they continue to find food.
		Varied thrush that show up here are thought to be from Alaska — birds that commenced their fall migration in the east-south-east direction and became lost.
	www.grandmarais-mn.com /placed/index.php?sect_rank=2&story_id=190887 (369 words)

	Varied Thrush
		Female Varied Thrushes are pale in comparison to the males.
		These thrushes nest in old-growth forests and are on the decline due to habitat loss.
		In May of 2006, we photographed this Varied Thrush with a beak deformity.
	www.birdsamore.com /byb/thrush-varied.htm (146 words)

	National Park Service: Fauna3 (Birds)
		The varied thrush has a reddish eyebrow line and two bars across the wing both of which characters are absent in the true robin.
		Sheldon also reports that by May 24, the voice of the varied thrush was heard constantly in the evening and occasionally during the day.
		IDENTIFICATION.—The olive-backed thrush may be distinguished from the Alaska hermit thrush by the tail which is olive-colored instead of rusty or reddish; and from the gray-cheeked thrush by the cheeks and sides of the head which are distinctly tawny, or ocherous, instead of grayish.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/fauna3/fauna9j7.htm (2202 words)

	Birds of Nova Scotia - Varied Thrush (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		An unprecedented report is of one that spent part of July 1979 in an area of extensive lawns and gardens around the property of the Scott Killams in Yarmouth.
		Remarks This thrush of the western mountains is almost regular as a fall-winter vagrant in a "corridor" to the east coast across southern Canada and the northern United States.
		It is close in size to the American Robin and the colour of its breast is similar, but otherwise its plumage is entirely different, with bright orange eye lines and wing bars and, in males, a dark breast band.
	museum.gov.ns.ca /mnh/nature/nsbirds/bns0292.htm (220 words)

	The BirdWeb - Species Description (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Varied Thrush is a bird of thick, damp, mossy coniferous forests.
		Varied Thrushes are currently still common, but are vulnerable to loss of habitat due to the cutting of forests throughout their range.
		Varied Thrushes are common in conifer forests throughout the state.
	www.birdweb.org /birdweb/species.asp?id=355 (728 words)

	Varied Thrush
		Of this beautiful Thrush, of which a figure not having the fl band running quite across the breast, as is the case in the adult male, is given by Mr.
		The former of these naturalists informs me that he "first found this Thrush on the Columbia river in the month of October, and that it becomes more numerous in winter, which it spends in that region, though some remove farther south.
		The plant represented on the plate is the American mistletoe, Viscum verticillatum, on the berries of which several of our Thrushes occasionally feed, as the Mistle Thrush, Turdus viscivorus, is said to do on those of Viscum album.
	www.audubon.org /bird/BoA/F12_G3b.html (593 words)

	Varied Thrush - Whatbird.com
		Varied Thrush: Large thrush with dark gray upperparts, rust-brown throat, breast, sides and eyebrows, fl breast band, and white belly and undertail.
		Varied Thrush: Breeds from Alaska and Yukon south to Oregon, California, Idaho, and Montana.
		● Breeding and nesting: Varied Thrush: Three to five spotted, pale blue eggs are laid in a moss-lined twig cup built in a small tree, sapling, or bush.
	identify.whatbird.com /obj/200/_/Varied_Thrush.aspx (773 words)

	Outside the Den: Hunting the Varied Thrush (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Varied Thrush is rumored to be a harbinger of bad weather.
		This website is not sponsored by this company but they have a cool Varied Thrush rubber stamp for anyone interested.
		Varied Thrushes are notorious for wandering off to strange places.
	personalpages.tds.net /~stone42/thrush.html (423 words)

	BirdForum - Varied Thrush (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		I know the Varied Thrush is a popular bird to see for those visiting the Western States.
		I have heard of thrushes in Europe (England to be precise) feeding in water in a similar way.
		I think they were mistle thrushes feeding on common frog tadpoles close to the edge of a pond.
	www.birdforum.net /printthread.php?t=27184 (248 words)

	Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
		The varied thrush, Ixoreus naevius, occurs from Alaska and western Canada southward into the northwestern United States during its summer breeding season.
		The varied thrush is a rare migrant through Utah that does not breed in the state.
		The varied thrush prefers wet, dark forests, mainly those in coastal areas, for nesting.
	dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov /rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=ixornaev (152 words)

	Varied Thrush in New York (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		New York State Rarities- Varied Thrush (Zoothera naevia)
		On Saturday 15 March 2003, Alvin Wollin found a Varied Thrush (Zoothera naevia) at Hempstead Lake State Park in Nassau County, Long Island, New York.
		The bird was relocated the following morning but was very secretive, giving little more than glimpses.
	www.oceanwanderers.com /NYVariedThrush.html (197 words)

	Thrush (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
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		Song Thrush NZBirds Gallery Turdus philomelos A song thrush perched high up in the willow tree at the bottom of the garden is busy shouting a celebration over his territory.
	www.candidats.net /thrush (1260 words)

	Thrushes, Solitaires, and Bluebirds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		In all instances, wood thrushes appear to select woodlands with a closed canopy of mature trees.
		The hermit thrush is the first of the Catharus thrushes to arrive in spring.
		This species is the first of the Catharus thrushes to arrive in the fall.
	www.npwrc.usgs.gov /resource/1998/stcroix/turdidae.htm (1746 words)

	Varied thrush Species account
		Breeding Varied Thrushes are associated with humid coastal and montane coniferous forests in northwestern North America.
		Within its BBS coverage, Varied Thrushes tend to be most numerous in British Columbia and adjacent portions of the United States (Relative Abundance Map).
		There are no apparent explanations for these influxes of breeding Varied Thrushes into the southern portion of its breeding range during these years.
	www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov /bbs/htmtmp/a7630.html (313 words)

	B-Mail(sm): ID-FRONTIERS for March 16-22, 2003
		Sure there is a lot of variability in gulls, particularly when they are young, but as adults the variability shown by most taxa is not nearly as much as that shown by Kumlien's Gull.
		Regarding whether classical clinal variation makes _thayer_ and _kumlieni_ one species, in such a case we couldn't separate the birds into diagnosable groups so we would be forced to treat them all as one species (both phylogenetic species and biological species).
		I have never seen any Varied Thrush lacking a breast band, this is really an odd trait no matter what age or sex you consider the bird to be.
	www.virtualbirder.com /bmail/idfrontiers/200303/w3 (14951 words)

	Varied Thrush description (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Vocalizations: The song of the Varied Thrush may be heard on the breeding grounds continuously during the evening and occasionally throughout the day.
		Nests: Varied Thrushes require large stands of forest with dense canopy to conceal nests and minimize predation.
		Diet: Varied Thrushes forage on the ground for insects and spiders during the breeding season.
	www.nps.gov /yuch/Expanded/key_resources/birds/species_descriptions/vath_description.htm (623 words)

	Varied Thrush (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		I often think of these as the "Winter Robins", since they bear a general resemblance to Robins and largely take their place here during the winter months, probably mostly birds spending summers in the Cascades.
		While thrushes are mainly ground-feeders, I have seen them take feeder food on occasion.
		In 1998, they were here only for a few weeks after the season's major snowstorm, although there were the most individuals I had ever seen here at one time (six.) I haven't seen more than one at a time during 1999, but they've been here much more often.
	www.zipcon.net /~bobrosen/personal/Varied_Thrush.html (117 words)

	The Pilot-Independent - Walker, Minnesota (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The varied thrush (ixoreus naevius) is in the same family as robins and bluebirds, which are also thrushes.
		The varied thrush's summer range is the dense forests on the Pacific Coast, from northern California to southern Alaska and inland as eastern Idaho, western Montana and Alberta.
		The next day, Gerald confirmed the varied thrush was under the feeder again.
	www.walkermn.com /placed/index.php?sect_rank=8&story_id=158722 (811 words)

	Untitled (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		I see Varied Thrush almost every day in my backyard, but they're always 60' up in an arbutus tree or hidden in the willow thickets.
		Everything disappeared as I pulled to a stop, but within 5 minutes, a few Thrush were back plucking crabapples.
		AN APPLE A DAY - Even the Varied Thrush knows that a diet of fresh fruit and no trans-fats is the secret to a healthy and long life.
	vancouverislandbirds.com /Journal60.html (379 words)

	WAGAP Bird Maps (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The Varied Thrush is common in conifer forests throughout the state.
		Both subspecies of Varied Thrush breed in Washington, I.n.naevius in western Washington and I.n.meruloides in easternWashington.
		In eastern Washington, the Varied Thrush is generally found above the Ponderosa Pine zone.
	www.fish.washington.edu /naturemapping/maphtml/bixna.html (161 words)

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