[NatureNS] Hermit Thrush at Pat McKay's

Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 14:02:26 -0400
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Al:

Pat sent a few useful point-and-shoot imagaes of the Hermit Thrush and I think
it is defnitely worth more study. From these the following seem apparent. The
back is drab brown with no hint of rufous (although in one shot with direct
light on the rump an tail they are, as expected, more rufous).  The flanks are
cold grayish and the undertail coverts white.  It looks as though it could be
most like the NW subspecies guttatus, which is probably the most expected
wintering vagrant subspecies here. It would be very nice if one of our keen
digiphotographers could get really good images of this bird.

Cheers, Ian McLaren

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