Where are the hermit thrushes?

[Alex Barker]

I have heard none here in North Sullivan all season and only one where I work in Hulls Cove, back in April. A friend in Franklin reports a similar dearth. Has anyone else noticed a sudden drop in song or sightings this year?

Mary Lou in Sullivan

[Sharon F.]

I hear one sporadically in the woods around my house-have only seen one this year; usually see more from early spring on...Sharon in West Kennebunk

 

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> I have heard none here in North Sullivan all season and only one where I work in Hulls Cove, back in April. A friend in Franklin reports a similar dearth. Has anyone else noticed a sudden drop in song or sightings this year?
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[Down East Nature Tours]

Hi Sharon,

 

Early in the season, it is about stealthfully hiding the  nest building process... The males will  begin to call territorially as they establish safe nesting locations.  They can be detected by call notes and I am sure the males are calling early in the morning...some all day.  Pre-dawn trips should answer your question.

 

Begin to listen for the night-time territorial/mating  flight of Ovenbirds....listen for them in the wee hours of the night.

 

Michael 

[Sean Smith]

I've noticed in previous years that Hermit Thrushes are more frequently
seen/heard during springs where woodlands were damp and there was a normal
or above average amount of rainfall. My guess is that breeding birds tend
to gravitate toward deeper & damper woodlands in years where spring
conditions are very dry, as they were earlier this year... thus they're
found less frequently in the "normal" places we find them when conditions
are damp enough for their liking. I've observed that this seems to occur
with both Hermit Thrushes and Winter Wrens (2 species that thrive in damp
conditions & that I saw/heard very infrequently earlier this spring at
places they are usually fairly numerous).

Sean Smith

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[Maggie Strickland]

Here in upper Somerset Co., we are enjoying about the same number as usual, especially in the early morning as Michael mentioned.

Maggie Strickland

Harmony ME

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[R&W Sumner]

Hermit Thrushes are in their usual spots along our road in southern
Somerset County. What's lacking is Wood Thrush. They are not in their
usual places, and are hard to find this year.

Wally S.

[B G]

Ditto on Wood Thrushes in Franklin (Hancock Co.)
I've heard one. 

On Tuesday, June 11, 2013, R&W Sumner wrote:

Hermit Thrushes are in their usual spots along our road in southern Somerset County.  What's lacking is Wood Thrush.  They are not in their usual places, and are hard to find this year.

Wally S.

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[Julia Hanauer]

I have wood thrushes on my road, which is not unprecedented, but there are usually more hermit thrushes.

Julia

Sidney

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