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  "id": "lodestar-thrush",
  "name": "Swainson’s thrush",
  "aliases": [],
  "type": "character",
  "reality": "fictional",
  "loreStatus": "established",
  "summary": "A first-year thrush flies from Manitoba toward Costa Rica. It uses stars, twilight and the magnetic field to hold its route.",
  "traits": [],
  "style": [],
  "collections": [
    "lodestar-game"
  ],
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    "id": "catalog-generated-lodestar-thrush-v1",
    "url": "/field-guide/assets/portraits/catalog-generated-lodestar-thrush-v1-1200.webp",
    "previewUrl": "/field-guide/assets/portraits/catalog-generated-lodestar-thrush-v1-480.webp",
    "alt": "Proposed illustration of Swainson’s thrush.",
    "caption": "Proposed natural-history illustration of Lodestar's first-year Swainson's thrush.",
    "status": "approved",
    "version": 1,
    "sourceLabel": "Lodestar: The Night Migration",
    "sourceUrl": "/gamelab/lodestar.html",
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    "selectedUrl": "/field-guide/assets/portraits/catalog-generated-lodestar-thrush-v1-1200.webp",
    "selectedSha256": "d37c9043cea7190e603c4d7c38b7012ee3c7f7aa78949b8cf0b3f46566f03fd4"
  },
  "variants": [],
  "appearances": [
    {
      "title": "Lodestar: The Night Migration",
      "url": "/gamelab/lodestar.html",
      "collectionId": "lodestar-game"
    },
    {
      "title": "Advisory Hour archive",
      "url": "/field-notes/advisory-hour-archive.html",
      "description": "Named in this published page."
    },
    {
      "title": "Gamelab: Lodestar: The Night Migration",
      "url": "/gamelab/projects/lodestar/gamelab-lodestar-the-night-migration.html",
      "description": "Named in this published page."
    }
  ],
  "relationships": [],
  "sources": [
    {
      "id": "public-site-gamelab-lodestar-html",
      "title": "Lodestar: The Night Migration",
      "url": "/gamelab/lodestar.html",
      "revision": "sha256:70f156cc361c782aa8df5dff61743b772a2baf3c31890c4f3af853f795f07754"
    }
  ],
  "history": [],
  "spoilers": [],
  "questions": [],
  "references": [],
  "revision": 1,
  "updated": "2026-10-30"
}