Varied Thrush
crisp, cold flakes descend,
food lies hidden under snow
inundated now
Snow
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February 3, 2025 at 12:05 am
very sweet bird
have a nice day
greetings Erika
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February 3, 2025 at 8:35 am
Thank you, Erika. It has just snowed overnight and is still coming down. Not as deep yet as in this photo from 2017, but it’s only beginning. Have a nice evening.
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February 3, 2025 at 6:25 pm
Hi Anneli,
I use this strange way of sending you a comment. I could not use the comment slot at the bottom.
Ah, a new first! You got the first significant snowfall before us in the Kootenays. I hope your feathery friends don’t suffer too much.
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February 3, 2025 at 12:14 am
It’s always nice for me to see birds that don’t exist here.
very nice photos
Greetings Werner
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February 3, 2025 at 8:36 am
Hi Werner. It is a thrush type, but, as you said, I think it is not a European bird.
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February 3, 2025 at 9:05 am
I also couldn’t find this bird in my European bird identification book.
It’s always enriching for me to get to know birds that don’t exist here.
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February 3, 2025 at 10:20 am
It works the same for me when you post some European birds. So it’s nice to share.
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February 3, 2025 at 1:40 am
Beautiful pictures and haiku, Anneli! Today the wind was excessively cold and this evening we are at -5 with flurries. Ugh.
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February 3, 2025 at 8:39 am
Tnx, Lynette. Our temp is also -5, and it says feels like -11. I believe it. I was just out refilling all the bird feeders. The poor little things are cold and hungry and frantic.
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February 3, 2025 at 3:22 pm
The poor birds. I’ve been thinking about them, especially the hummers. I know of someone who has set up heat lamps near the feeders. Apparently you have to hit the right distance so that it’s warm but not hot.
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February 3, 2025 at 3:28 pm
I have a feeder that has a tiny heater inside it. Almost like a hand warmer is in a glove. You plug it in to an electrical outlet and it allows a tiny bit of electricity to heat a little plate inside the bird feeder.
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February 3, 2025 at 4:05 pm
That’s fantastic! There are so many great tools for helping the birds now.
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February 3, 2025 at 2:20 am
What a cutie! Lovely colors. 😊
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February 3, 2025 at 8:37 am
They stand out against the snow, but I feel bad that they can’t get at the bugs they like to eat.
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February 3, 2025 at 4:55 am
Another new thrush for me. I’m always surprised by how similar they appear to our robins; I only learned robins are in the thrush family in recent years.
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February 3, 2025 at 8:41 am
Yes, they are both thrushes. Don’t feel bad. I didn’t know they were all thrushes for a long time either. Maybe because we always called them robins, and some of the others (like a Swainson’s thrush) we called swamp robins. Always nice to find out more about our birds.
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February 3, 2025 at 8:11 am
A lovely bird and haiku. I hope it did find something to eat.
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February 3, 2025 at 8:43 am
I put out suet. That was about all I could do for it. But it probably found something in the bare ground under the tall firs.
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February 3, 2025 at 8:14 am
I am sure that they find some things to eat. Very nice pictures of a beautiful little bird. I love your little poems a lot!
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February 3, 2025 at 8:45 am
I hope you’re right. They can nibble at the suet blocks. Thanks for visiting my blogs. I appreciate it.
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February 3, 2025 at 9:48 am
I guess they don’t mind the snow as much as I do!
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February 3, 2025 at 10:17 am
I think they are not happy about it because they go hungry and need extra food to stay warm. You can tell from the way they move that they are frantic about getting enough to eat to survive another cold night.
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February 3, 2025 at 10:31 am
It is way too cold there—11!
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February 3, 2025 at 2:08 pm
That would be feels like -11C which in your F scale would be about 14. Bloody cold on any scale.
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February 3, 2025 at 11:14 am
Gorgeous photos. Is that snow from another time or now?
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February 4, 2025 at 7:50 pm
That was Feb. 7, 2017, but today we’re having the same thing. Just hoping we don’t get as much snow this time.
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February 3, 2025 at 3:46 pm
Those little thrushes are just gorgeous. Happy Monday Anneli. Allan
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February 4, 2025 at 7:54 pm
I think so too, Allan.
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February 4, 2025 at 4:46 am
Not a European bird. It’s very beautiful. I tried to put this as a reply to your reply to Werner but WP wouldn’t allow me!
We’ve not really had any snow here in the south east of the UK. Just a light scattering one morning, but it had gone by 10am. We have had a long period of cold, though.
Well, cold for here.
My husband said, the other day, “Brr, it’s cold.”
I replied, “Tell that to a Norwegian.”
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February 4, 2025 at 7:52 pm
It has been bitter cold yesterday and not quite as bad today. I’ll be glad when the cold weather passes.
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February 5, 2025 at 6:51 am
Sie ist so süß. So schöne Fotos. 😍😍
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February 5, 2025 at 9:22 am
Thanks, Martina.
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February 6, 2025 at 8:12 am
What a beautiful bird!
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February 6, 2025 at 11:23 am
It’s like a cousin to the robin.
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February 6, 2025 at 12:01 pm
Ah! Thanks!
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February 6, 2025 at 2:17 pm
Excellent photos and haiku.
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February 6, 2025 at 8:19 pm
Tnx, K.
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