I just saw a Swainson's thrush in the backyard yesterday but unlike you,
I didn't get a shot of it. By the time I got out there it was gone and a squirrel
was broadcasting a distress signal. Ruddy tail of yours makes it a Hermit, even
though the eye ring is buffy and there is a hint of a buffy lore. Perhaps a juvenile
Hermit Thrush.
Shortsighted