Sorry to omit my location: Eugene, Or. on Agate close to U of O campus.
Larry
On Oct 6, 2021, at 2:37 PM, Michael <michaelkrall670@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Location?
Sent from my Smart? Phone. Please excuse the typos.
Michael Krall
On Oct 6, 2021, at 1:36 PM, Larry McQueen <larmcqueen@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Last evening at dusk, I was watching the western colors in the sky from the
front porch. There was a bird fluttering form one leafy cluster to another
dense cluster above, then back to the lower cluster. It is a dogwood with
berries. The bird acted like a lone Catharus getting berries but it was in
dim light and the movement was too quick to see detail.
This morning there were two juncos at the feeder table below and out from
the laurel and that dogwood where the thrush was feeding. Suddenly the
thrush landed on the edge of the feeder as the juncos fled. I could see
that it was a thrush and I had to take time to retrieve the binos. What I
saw was a grayish-brown Catharus with a sort of an eyering and when it
turned to fly, the tail was the same gray-brown color as the upperparts in
general. There was no contrast with the back. It was such a fleeting
period that I never got to study its breast. Swainson’s is ruled out, by
plumage color and behavior. When I have Swainson’s they are not so
skittish, but boldly take to the open ground in the back of the house. This
bird fed like a Hermit Thrush getting berries, but did not have the expected
mannerisms at the feeder. And whenever I have a Hermit, they also feed on
the open ground in the back garden, nevrer at the feeder. Hermits act like
they want to be watched. This bird
was extemely skittish.
I am convinced that the bird is a Gray-cheeked Thrush, and I have been
watchful for it.
Larry*******
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