I was sitting on the deck a few evenings ago and heard an instantly recognizable bird, the Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus). The song of this species, as well as that of the Veery (Catharus ...

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The gray-cheeked thrush just passes through, going on to breed in the far northern boreal forests. The other ones, robin, bluebird, veery, hermit and Swainson's thrush, all may breed in the region.

All courtesy of the call of the Swainson’s thrush. Pat Neal is a Hoh River fishing and rafting guide and “wilderness gossip columnist” whose column appears here every Thursday.

While the Swainson’s thrush is not a spectacular, ornate species that would be likely to grab one’s attention, its plaintive whistle sends a seasonal message to anyone willing to listen. This ...

Other thrushes that can be seen or heard in New Hampshire include the Swainson’s Thrush, which breeds in coniferous forests. Bicknell’s Thrush is rare and restricted to higher elevations above ...

A stunned Swainson’s thrush sits on the ground in front of a window on campus. The bird, which likely hit the window, eventually recovered and flew away. Jason Hoeksema/University of Mississippi ...

Other birds undertake even longer journeys—the Swainson’s thrush, for example, nests as far north as the boreal forests of Alaska and spends the nonbreeding season in northern South America ...

Other birds undertake even longer journeys—the Swainson's thrush, for example, nests as far north as the boreal forests of Alaska and spends the nonbreeding season in northern South America ...

But the hermit thrush spends the winter farther north, in the southern United States, and the Swainson's thrush spends the winter in South America.