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[va-bird] Retraction: NOT a Swainson's (at Burke Lake 31 March)

From: Steve Johnson <stevejohnson2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: VA Birds <va-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2007 22:54:34 -0400

Hello everyone,

This is a retraction - I reported an unusual sighting yesterday at Burke 
Lake, but I was wrong.  I have to "eat crow" here, for lack of a better 
term.

Regarding the suspected Swainson's Thrush at Burke Lake, I checked 3 
field guides this evening, and I realize now that I saw some Swainson's 
marks, and some Hermit marks.  I wrote to Sue Heath at GMU, reporting 
everything I saw, and she wrote back and said the most compelling of my 
observations was the red tail contrasting with the gray back and wings, 
which makes it a Hermit Thrush.

My mistake.  Good birding!!

- Steve Johnson
Fairfax, VA



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