Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 07:21:12 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Robert Ringler Subject: Re: Thrush ID Question MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Adam, Hermit Thrush is the most likely bird to fit your description. It somewhat resembles a Gray-cheeked Thrush in the face and on the breast. It also has a call note (not its typical chuck note) that could be what you heard. Bob Ringler ----- Original Message ----- From: Adam Smith To: Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 10:21 PM Subject: [MDOSPREY] Thrush ID Question Today while opening the park shortly after 7am this morning, I came across two thrushes. One of which was calling. It never sang, it only gave a call note. It sounded very much like a starling's slurred whistle, though it much smoother and had that characteristically flute-like quality to it. I have listened to all the usual suspects call notes and it seems that the Veery call note fits best. Now I also got a pretty good look at the birds. This is where the problem is. The birds were richly colored like a Wood Thrush or a Veery. The only snag is that the spotting pattern on the breast. It appeared to come further down on the breast that any other Veery that I have ever seen. The spotting pattern was much more like a Swainson's or a Gray-checked. Also, there was no distinct cheek mark (or color that I remember) as on a Wood Thrush's. Ideally this would be the bird: colored like a Veery, breast-pattern like a Gray-cheek and a call note like a or very similar to a Veery also. Could they have been brightly colored Swainson's? Or were they Veery's with abnormally spotted breasts? ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================