A year-round resident of the Pacific Northwest, primarily of the higher altitude evergreen forests, the Varied Thrush, Ixoreus naevius, is a regular visitor to the lowlands during the coldest months of winter
While many may wax poetic over the flame orange color of the male Blackburnian Warbler, and justly so, I’ll take the glowing ember orange of our own winter thrushes any day for a welcome bit of winter cheer.
Peace and good bird watching.
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