The Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus is an unassuming thrush to look at. Guttatus is Latin for “speckled” and the Hermit Thrush is certainly speckled...
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Forest Park, Queens, New York, April 2008 On Thursday, a day that I didn’t have to be at work until noon, I, of course,...
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Okay, I meant to write an entertaining post. I honestly did. But I have been sick with different kinds and forms of cold since the...
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You may already know about this, but I was not aware that a pure white Blackbird (the thrush, not the icterid) can be found...
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It is not every day that a new species of bird is described, and this definitely does not tend to happen with birds that...
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It was a dark and stormy night. Turdus “Blacky” Merula sat near the trunk of the small evergreen in the backyard that was his...
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Sitting on my folks’ deck on a summer evening, after the sun has already dropped below the Catskill Mountains the song trills from darkened...
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The national bird of Costa Rica is the Clay-colored Thrush, perhaps my favorite decision for a national bird of any country’s. The Yigüirro, as...
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