Hi All -

I listened to the thrush song posted on naturesounds.org and am not
convinced it is a Swainson's Thrush. It is certainly reminiscent of
Swainson's but there is something odd about it. To my ear it has some
qualities of a Hermit Thrush as well.

I agree with others that is seems way too early for Swainson's even for
being on the west side. Here in the interior we do not see (or hear)
Swainson's Thrush until very late May or even early June. The weather has
been quite mild here but of course the neotrops wintering in Mexico and
Central America do not know that!

You can hear a Hermit Thrush at: http://birds.cornell.edu/bow/HERTHR/ I'd be
interested in hearing what others think (unless I've missed the discussion).

thanks, Charles.
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Charles E. Swift
Moscow, ID, USA
charless at moscow.com
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