Outdoor Ontario
Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: Napper on October 01, 2007, 05:41:36 PM
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Hey!
Today the feeders were/are extremely quiet.. While at the BBQ getting supper ready I noticed what looked like a woodpecker in the tree next door..
we played "Cat & Mouse" so to speak for while trying to get a shot of it.. After about 20 minutes it finally showed it self properly..
While waiting on the little woodpecker or Sapsucker. I noticed a Thrush in the grass under the same tree.. I think it is a Hermit Thrush but I am not sure I did not notice any
reddish colour on its tail.. Nor do I recall any tail flicking.. Any help would be appreciated..
Napper: :D
There are many crows about and it seems all of the song birds are hiding in the bushes.. I think there is a Raptor somewhere nearby..
http://outdoorontario.net/Gallery/album09/thrush (http://outdoorontario.net/Gallery/album09/thrush)
http://outdoorontario.net/Gallery/album09/downy2 (http://outdoorontario.net/Gallery/album09/downy2)
http://outdoorontario.net/Gallery/album09/downy (http://outdoorontario.net/Gallery/album09/downy)
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The woodpecker is a Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. Its difficult to say with certainty what type of Thrush you had though. The lack of colour suggests Gray-cheeked but could also be a function of the lighting/distance of subject.
Iain
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Thanx Iain!
The little guy moved to my yard later in the evening.. Still appeared to be mostly uniform in colour from the back.. Then it got way to dark..
I added 5 more images of the Thrush to my Gallery called "yard". Not much better than the one I posted originally..
Also I have previous pictures on page 3 of the "Yard' Gallery of what I thought was a Hermit Thrush from this past spring.
Napper :?
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Those extra photos add more certainty to Grey-cheeked Thrush, however I wouldn't completely rule out Swainson's.
Iain