I feel lucky! I’ve lived here for 15 years and have way too many pictures of owls, but I still rush for my camera when I spot one (or hear the birds sounding the alarm in the woods, they make a lot of noise when an owl is nearby).

I’m in Olympia, and the range map for the varied thrush claims I should be seeing them all year. I think I see them more often in winter and early spring, but maybe that’s when they’re drawn to the particular plants and habitat around here? Not sure, just wish I saw more of them!

The varied thrush song unfortunately is not as pretty, in my opinion

“the Pelagic (cormorant) is a small and slender species that flies with a thin, straight neck often compared to a broomstick. Breeding adults are black with glossy purple-green highlights. They have a coral-red throat patch and neat white patches on the flanks.” -new to me, too!

So pretty!!

I don’t think so, juvenile robins are pretty distinctive and they both look like adults to me. Here’s a couple more shots of the interaction.

Beautiful!