[cayugabirds-l] Thrushes

[Donna Lee Scott]

Yesterday evening I heard 2 Wood Thrushes & saw 1 Hermit Thrush in my woods 
across the road!

B Orioles continue to eat grape jelly, but are ignoring naval oranges.

Donna Scott
Lansing
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[cayugabirds-l] Thrushes @ SSW

[Suan Yong]

With one of this morning's SFO local group, I saw what I'm pretty sure was a 
Swainson's Thrush (tawny spectacles) along the connector trail from 
Hoyt-Pileated, the one that isn't the power cut. Only had a brief look before I 
could get anyone else on it and got distracted by a much more cooperative 
female black-throated blue. This was around 10:50.

Earlier, at the southernmost portion of the east trail, just west of the pond 
by the "frog barn", a much more cooperative thrush perched on the fence post 
for a good couple minutes for all to admire and then to scratch our collective 
heads at its identity. No hint of red in the upper half, weak eye-ring, no 
"connector" on spectacles. I was ready to call it a gray-cheeked. But the front 
showed no spotting whatsoever, which conflicts with Sibley's "more heavily 
spotted breast than other thrushes" remark. Any opinions on what this might be? 
We started wondering whether it might be a veery missing some color.

Other highlights of the day were a Wilson's warbler in the area near the 
pergola, many cooperative eye-level chestnut-sided warblers, and an interesting 
episode in the woods trying to locate a very loudly drumming sapsucker when 
someone spotted the shadow of the drumming sapsucker projected onto a tree - 
Peter Pan's sapsucker? - before we found the bird on the underside of a 
diagonal log hidden from our view but not that of the sun.

Suan
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Thrushes at SSW

[Jody W Enck]

Hi Anne Marie,

  Way cool to hear this as I, too, saw a Gray-cheeked Thrush in my side 
yard this morning (I live very near the intersection of Sapsucker Woods Road 
and Hanshaw Road.  The bird I saw in the shadowy shrubby back of my yard was 
exactly as you described:  Gray olive above from head to tail, including wings. 
 Face essentially uncolored (certainly nothing close to buffy of Swainson's).  
Two-toned bill.  White chin edged with small spots on both sides.  Smallish 
spots on upper breast.  I have no idea why, but when I saw this bird, my brain 
immediately took me back to a trip to Mexico I took several years ago.  I saw 
many Clay-colored Robins in similar habitat (none of which actually looked 
clay-colored to me!).  But alas, I watched this bird for 5 minutes from about 
15 feet away and could not make it into a Clay-colored Robin no matter how hard 
I tried ?!.

  Lots of warblers, vireos, Baltimore Orioles, Scarlet Tanagers (a pair 
patiently looking for insects only six feet from me!), and other thrushes too.

fun morning.
Jody

Jody W. Enck, PhD
Program Development and Evaluation
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
607-254-2169

From: Anne Marie Johnson
Sent: ?Saturday?, ?May? ?10?, ?2014 ?11?:?20? ?AM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L

At about 9:30 this morning there were at least 3 thrushes along the portion
of the East Trail that parallels Sapsucker Woods Road (on the east side of
the road heading south from the traihead). The first I got a good look at
was a SWAINSON'S THRUSH--clearly buffy eye ring, spectacle, and lower
cheek. The next one was a VEERY--essentially no spots, brown back. Then a
third thrush came in, and all the thrushes chased around. One thrush landed
on the path and foraged for quite awhile, giving me a chance to observe all
sides from 15 to 20 ft away. The back was evenly dark gray/olive, tail to
cap. The cheek was a lighter gray/olive under the eye but no contrast in
shade. There were no face markings. I believe this last thrush was a
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH.

The AMERICAN BITTERN was still near the Sherwood Platform, but while we
were there, it flew from the little area to the right of the  two benches
west of the boardwalk. It landed along the edge of the pond north of the
platform but still in full view from the two benches.

I arrived at Sapsucker Woods late this morning and didn't see much in the
way of warblers. There was a PALM WARBLER near the Sherwood Platform, and
several BLACK-THROATED GREEN warblers along the southwest portion of the
Wilson Trail. Still lots of Yellow-rumps and Ruby-crowned Kinglets around.

Anne Marie Johnson


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[cayugabirds-l] Thrushes at SSW

[Anne Marie Johnson]

At about 9:30 this morning there were at least 3 thrushes along the portion 
of the East Trail that parallels Sapsucker Woods Road (on the east side of 
the road heading south from the traihead). The first I got a good look at 
was a SWAINSON'S THRUSH--clearly buffy eye ring, spectacle, and lower 
cheek. The next one was a VEERY--essentially no spots, brown back. Then a 
third thrush came in, and all the thrushes chased around. One thrush landed 
on the path and foraged for quite awhile, giving me a chance to observe all 
sides from 15 to 20 ft away. The back was evenly dark gray/olive, tail to 
cap. The cheek was a lighter gray/olive under the eye but no contrast in 
shade. There were no face markings. I believe this last thrush was a 
GRAY-CHEEKED THRUSH.


The AMERICAN BITTERN was still near the Sherwood Platform, but while we 
were there, it flew from the little area to the right of the  two benches 
west of the boardwalk. It landed along the edge of the pond north of the 
platform but still in full view from the two benches.


I arrived at Sapsucker Woods late this morning and didn't see much in the 
way of warblers. There was a PALM WARBLER near the Sherwood Platform, and 
several BLACK-THROATED GREEN warblers along the southwest portion of the 
Wilson Trail. Still lots of Yellow-rumps and Ruby-crowned Kinglets around.


Anne Marie Johnson


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Re: [cayugabirds-l] thrushes etc.

[Donna Scott]

Nancy - What a lovely picture you painted of your campground bird sightings!
Donna Scott
  - Original Message - 
  From: Nancy W Dickinson 
  To: CAYUGABIRDS-L 
  Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 8:44 PM
  Subject: [cayugabirds-l] thrushes etc.


  A walk up our hill at dusk this evening yielded a bird I hadn't heard here in 
many years-- a Veery, repeating its name, vee-ur, a dozen times. What a treat! 


  Last weekend we were camping at Lake Durant in the Adirondacks, and a Hermit 
Thrush ran around our campsite much of the time, giving me ample time to 
observe its hunched posture and long pink legs, as well as the odd tail 
maneuver. In the trees all around our site were many warblers, clearly seen in 
standard plumage-- Blackburnian, B&W, Black-throated Blue, Ovenbird (on the 
ground, actually) and an assortment of Yellow-rumps, some young and begging.  
The most surprising bird was a Woodcock foraging (trundling around) in the 
leaves near the lake.  These birds seemed to be locals?  Also many others... 
quite a surprising variety.


  Nancy Dickinson
  Mecklenburg


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[cayugabirds-l] thrushes etc.

[Nancy W Dickinson]

A walk up our hill at dusk this evening yielded a bird I hadn't heard here in 
many years-- a Veery, repeating its name, vee-ur, a dozen times. What a treat!

Last weekend we were camping at Lake Durant in the Adirondacks, and a Hermit 
Thrush ran around our campsite much of the time, giving me ample time to 
observe its hunched posture and long pink legs, as well as the odd tail 
maneuver. In the trees all around our site were many warblers, clearly seen in 
standard plumage-- Blackburnian, B&W, Black-throated Blue, Ovenbird (on the 
ground, actually) and an assortment of Yellow-rumps, some young and begging.  
The most surprising bird was a Woodcock foraging (trundling around) in the 
leaves near the lake.  These birds seemed to be locals?  Also many others... 
quite a surprising variety.

Nancy Dickinson
Mecklenburg


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[cayugabirds-l] thrushes etc.

[Nancy W Dickinson]

Such a beautiful weekend, and so much confusion.

Keep seeing little flocks of warblers, and seriously cannot identify them, even 
when studying my various field guides.  They are warblers, but...  Sigh!

Our many fruiting trees and vines are attracting all kinds of birds.  This 
morning these included 4 very bold RC Kinglets, and two thrushes which I THINK 
are Swainson's, but, again, not 100% sure.  Eye-rings, creamy chest with spots, 
"pip" call-- but didn't really see their backs in good light.  Also, in these 
odd yellow-fruited crabapples we have a lot of, found yesterday 3 birds that I 
at first thought were RB Grosbeaks, but today decided, seeing them again, that 
they were Purple Finches.  Such a difference, and yet not so obvious from any 
distance.  If birds don't make a sound, I'm in trouble.  Whatever these trees 
are, the birds are gobbling the fruits.

Lot of sparrows, with white crowns and white throats.  And migrating jays.

Saw and heard a pair of kingfishers this morning, circling overhead for about 
five minutes, arguing with each other with prolonged rattling calls-- which way 
to migrate?  

What a fabulous season, but I'm worried about the accuracy of my eBird reports!

Nancy Dickinson
Mecklenburg
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