Dianna and Craig,
I would disagree as I think it is a Hermit Thrush. It has a clear white
eyering, no buff on the face and while it is not red the tail is obviously
a more reddish tail than the surrounding back color. In my experience the
Swainson's always appears as a warm buffy color on the eyering and on the
face and is a warm buffy brown on the back with the same color on the tail.
I would be interested in what others think.
Bob Norton
norton36 at olypen.com
Joyce (near Port Angeles), WA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dianna Moore" <dlmoor2 at coastaccess.com>
To: "Craig Kerns" <cekerns at eskimo.com>; <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2007 10:43 AM
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Bird Identification Help


> It does indeed look like a Swainson's..and that would also solve my
> mystery. I too have seen this bird in the salal bordering my yard, but
> because I had not been hearing the telltale song I dismissed the
> Swainson's as a choice....despite seeing them frequently over the 8 years
> I have lived in this house. (DUH!)
> Dianna Moore
> Ocean Shores, Wa.
> dlmoor2 at coastaccess.com
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