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How to Identify a Swainson’s Thrush
Learn what a Swainson's thrush looks like and where to find this species. Also learn what the birds eat and hear their song.
Birders eager for a glimpse of Swainson’s thrush stand their best chance this time of year in Orange County, when migrants fly into streamside woodlands in natural areas and parks.But few ...
While Swainson’s are more often found in higher elevations among the evergreens. And the Hermit thrush sits halfway between the two, hanging out mostly in middle elevation dry forests with no ...
An ovenbird (left) and a Swainson's thrush (right) marked the scientists' first catches of the morning on Aug. 4. Photo by Emma Cotton/VTDigger Every spring, the Bicknell’s thrush, a small ...
Swainson's, gray-cheeked and the endangered Bicknell's thrush are all migrants passing through New Jersey, primarily in the last half of the month, with Swainson's thrush as the most common.
While several species of the thrush family are quite visible, like the bluebirds and robin, there are also a number of shy, secluded, secretive thrushes as well. The Swainson's thrush ...
"If Swainson's Thrushes are more aggressive, as this study suggests, we may have to consider intraspecific behavior as part of a Bicknell's Thrush conservation action plan in the future." RELATED ...
In the woods the other day — redwoods and coastal oaks — I stopped to listen to a Swainson’s thrush, a bird more often heard than seen. Usually its song is tempered by distance, its maker ...
A Swainson's thrush flies a mock-migration in the wind tunnel at the University of Western Ontario. Science/AAAS hide caption ...
There are seven species of thrush in Maine: Eastern bluebird, American robin, hermit thrush, wood thrush, Swainson's thrush and Bicknell's thrush.
Swainson’s thrush, whose song spirals upward rather than downward like the veery’s song, is a bird of spruce-fir forests. This species is therefore scarce in the southern third of Maine.