Birds Varied Thrush

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Apparently, these are fairly common around here, but this is the first one I've noticed.

Varied Thrush Overview, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

The Varied Thrush’s simple, ringing song gives a voice to the quiet forests of the Pacific Northwest, with their towering conifers and wet understories of ferns, shrubs, and mosses. Catch a glimpse of this shy bird and you’ll see a handsome thrush with a slaty gray back and breast band set...

www.allaboutbirds.org

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 1000

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/1000 sec
• ISO 1600

I took several photos and in every one, the feathers on the chest seemed to be slightly out of focus. So, I went online and looked at lots of photos of these birds, and they all had this slightly blurred blended look.

 

[Unframed Dave]

Cracking looking bird.