Pullum 1949 Varied Thrush Isporeus maqinus -1- Aug 12 Big Lagoon Humboldt Co., Calif. - Found a nest this afternoon containing 2 may be more well grown young. It is on one of the lowest branches of a Sitka Spruce, about 15 feet off the ground and about 12 feet out from the trunk on a drooping branch. Nest is made mostly of moss but apparently has a few small (Spruce?) branches woven in. It is not particularly concealed either from below or above. It's hard to judge the size of the nest, but I'd say it's about 8 inches at the widest point, and quite round. The female parent was creely with a mouthful of food. She kept "just"ing with the result that she attracted me away from the nest some, allowed the male to feed the young twice while I was almost under the nest, and generally kept the young quiet. When I first saw this nest I did not recognize it as a bird nest, but rather just a bunch of debris caught in the branches. I decided it was a nest later when I moved some distance away and was able to see the male leaving the nest site after feeding the quiet young. From another location I was able to see the young in the nest.