A songbird usually found only on the West Coast has made an appearance in Lexington over the last several days, and birding enthusiasts have been flocking to the neighborhood where it was seen, hoping ...

THIS FIRST COLUMN for 2017 was retrieved from past columns. This will be the 50th year of the column’s existence and looking back over five decades can be enlightening. A few days before writing this ...

On gray mornings in winter, the haunting two-note trill of one of the Northwest’s most secretive birds pierces the chilly air. It’s the varied thrush, a cousin of the American robin, but with ...

The rare varied thrush was spotted a few days ago and has been seen numerous times since mid-December. The varied thrush was first spotted in Swanzey on Dec. 12, according to the NH Audubon’s rare ...

Each day that slips by is full of projects that need to be started or finished. That old saw “the hurrier I go, the behinder I get” is all too real during the holidays. We not only need refreshing, ...

The ferns drip with cold water, the moss glows and invisible dissonances ring out in the redwood-tethered fog. The harmony is strange, and there is no melody: the chords are isolated and enisled in a ...

Every winter brings some unexpected birds to our area, and one of these strays showed up last week. This was a varied thrush sighted in Fosston, Minn. The varied thrush is a relative of the robin that ...

A rare visitor from the Pacific northwest, a varied thrush was discovered in Swanzey on Dec. 12 and has been seen many times since then. It was the big story in this week's rare bird alert from New ...

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I have always liked thrushes. They form a venerable and famous family of birds, but at the same time are common and familiar sights. I find this to be part of the appeal of birds in general — that ...

A varied thrush sat on a tree branch on Edgemoor Drive in Lexington, Ky. The bird was first spotted Jan. 16, and it’s been attracting birdwatchers ever since. Katey Buster Photo submitted A songbird ...