ID?

[Amy Roberts]

I’m totally new at this, so maybe I should be able to ID this. But using my app and my books… I’m not having much luck beyond some kind of sparrow?

Some further info: it’s been hanging out deep in the evergreen tree. It perched on the fence once, long enough for me to see that it’s about robin-sized. I didn’t get any pictures of its body, but it’s uniformly drab/buff color. No distinctive stripes on or around wings. This is part of what’s throwing me off. All the birds in my books seem to have much more striping or color variation on their body and/or wings. Haven’t managed to get a good look at it in flight. (Sorry I couldn’t get a picture of its body!)

Thanks!! 

Amy Roberts
amyrob...@gmail.com

[Steven Rash]

Appears to be a Swainson's Thrush, which belongs to the same family as Robins here in America do. The other one of these that you will run into more commonly is the Hermit Thrush which can be distinguished from Swainson's by its rust-colored tail. 

Hope that is helpful! 

Happy birding, 

Steve Rash

Denver Co. 

[Joe Roller]

Appears to be a Hermit Thrush, based on dark markings on chest and lack of 

buff on face.

Joe Roller, Denver

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[David Tønnessen]

Echoing Joe, the photos show a Hermit Thrush. Buffy hue and faint spectacles are good to look for in Swainson's Thrush, which this bird lacks.

Cheers,

David Tonnessen

Colorado Springs

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[Steven Rash]

Looking at it more carefully I agree with Joe, and David’s  agreement.

 As with most things, the best way to get an answer on the internet is not to ask a question, but to post the wrong answer. Murphy’s law. 

Steve Rash

Denver Co. 

On Sep 26, 2020, at 11:52 AM, Joe Roller <jrol...@gmail.com> wrote:



[Amy Roberts]

Thanks for all your help, everybody. Not sure why my app doesn’t want to show me thrushes. But no wonder I wasn’t finding it in my books. I was in the totally wrong section, trying to make it a sparrow! LOL> Still lots to learn. :-)

Amy Roberts
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> On Sep 26, 2020, at 12:15 PM, David Tønnessen <davidto...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Echoing Joe, the photos show a Hermit Thrush. Buffy hue and faint spectacles are good to look for in Swainson's Thrush, which this bird lacks.
>
>
> Cheers,
> David Tonnessen
> Colorado Springs
>
> On Sat, Sep 26, 2020, 11:30 AM Amy Roberts <amyrob...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I’m totally new at this, so maybe I should be able to ID this. But using my app and my books… I’m not having much luck beyond some kind of sparrow?
>
> Some further info: it’s been hanging out deep in the evergreen tree. It perched on the fence once, long enough for me to see that it’s about robin-sized. I didn’t get any pictures of its body, but it’s uniformly drab/buff color. No distinctive stripes on or around wings. This is part of what’s throwing me off. All the birds in my books seem to have much more striping or color variation on their body and/or wings. Haven’t managed to get a good look at it in flight. (Sorry I couldn’t get a picture of its body!)
>
> Thanks!!
>
> Amy Roberts
> amyrob...@gmail.com
>
>
>
>
>

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