Swainson's Thrush
“Reviewing the Migration Dashboard’s expected nocturnal migrants section I noticed that Swainson’s Thrushes were listed as a species most likely passing overhead and I was able to match the flight song I was hearing to a pre-recorded version I had found online.”
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I have also seen and heard many Veery’s and Wood Thrushes calling consistently right now across the green belt system and Robinson Woods II & I. Thrushes are often a tricky bird to identify, especially when you consider the other Thrushes passing through our forests right now, including the Swainson’s Thrush…
Other Thrushes passing through our forests right now, include the Swainson’s Thrush, Bicknell’s Thrush and the ever-elusive Gray-Cheeked Thrush.
On this same day I noted a small flock of Cedar Waxwings, a Swainson’s Thrush, a Savannah Sparrow, and a single Field Sparrow in our yard.
The Swainson’s Thrush may have, at one point, bred in Cumberland County however it is no longer known to.
Reviewing the Migration Dashboard’s expected nocturnal migrants section I noticed that Swainson’s Thrushes were listed as a species most likely passing overhead and I was able to match the flight song I was hearing to a pre-recorded version I had found online.
Additionally, on June 6 within bushy borders of Gull Crest’s woodlands I heard a Swainson’s Thrush.
Within bushy borders of Gull Crest’s woodlands I heard a Swainson’s Thrush calling.
Reviewing the Migration Dashboard’s expected nocturnal migrants section I noticed that Swainson’s Thrushes were listed as a species most likely passing overhead.
And finally, on the sun filled day of May 12 at Hinkley Park, I spied a Swainson’s Thrush in a wooded section of the park and shortly thereafter a dashing Prairie Warbler sprang out from the low bushes under the powerline section to utter a succession of summery mellow buzzy notes.
Several silent Swainson’s Thrushes slipped through my yard on September 4, and a young female Rose breasted Grosbeak stopped briefly at the feeders.