[wisb] Re: Possible BICKNELL'S THRUSH in Madison
- From: Andrea Szymczak <harrierhawk1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jadennis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:35:44 -0500
Re: Thrush ID.....back in 2000 the ABA's Birding magazine had a terrific 3-part
series called "Don't Rush the Thrush"! Even the thrushes we feel comfortable
identifying can appear confusing at times! I always like to review it before
the migration periods.
Andrea Szymczak
Waukesha, WI
> Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:09:12 -0500
> From: jadennis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [wisb] Possible BICKNELL'S THRUSH in Madison
> To: wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Jane and I think we both saw a Bicknell's Thrush about mid-morning today, in
> her back yard on S. Franklin Ave., west of the two large cemeteries near West
> High, in Madison. It was perched on a low fence under dense vegetation for
> about 3-5 minutes, so although the light was not so good, the long time gave
> us a good view. It started out to look like a Swainson's, brownish-olive back
> and spotted buffy breast. Soon it became a Gray-cheeked, because it did not
> have a buffy spectacle, but only a thin, somewhat incomplete grayish eye
> ring, slightly wider and slightly pointed toward the rear. It turned a bit,
> then, so we could view the back, wings, and tail. All were brownish, and the
> tail appeared to be just slightly reddish-tinged. It was very suspicious, at
> that point, so Jane went for the Smithsonian Field Guide. She got back just
> after it flew to the yard to the north, which has quite dense vegetation. So,
> we were unable to even know about and then check the lower mandible colo
> r before it flew. We looked at the photo in the field guide, but failed to
> check or even remember whether the basal half of the beak lower mandible was
> yellow. Pishing did nothing, I am disappointed to say, and we never saw it
> again. The one thing we DO know is that it did not bob its tail like a Hermit
> Thrush, but that the tail WAS slightly reddish. Since it was cool this
> morning, the bird was fluffed out a bit, and did not look any smaller rhan
> the Gray-cheek or Swainson's Thrushes (Bicknell's is 1/2 inch shorter than
> the others). In looking at the new Peterson and old Sibley's guides, the
> descriptions are similar to Smithsonian's. We hope that other birders in the
> area will watch for this bird. Two days ago there was a brisk NE wind upon
> which it could have arrived in its southern migration from extreme NE United
> States. --Bill Brooks and Jane Dennis, Dane Co.
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