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Thrush id help, please?

 
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May 11, 2013 19:41 |  #1

Taken today in Fort Collins, Colorado, on the eastern edge of the foothills. Riparian habitat. It was about 6-8 ft up in a tree...

My best guess is a Swainson's Thrush but could it be a Veery or a Hermit Thrush?

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May 12, 2013 01:01 |  #2

Swainson's Thrush. Buffy eye ring eliminates Gray-cheeked and the tail being the same color as the back eliminates Hermit.


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May 12, 2013 18:11 |  #3

Thanks, Chuck! And thanks for pointing out the key charateristics that separate these species.

It is frustrating to me that I can have a decent photo of a bird, about a dozen bird books, and I still don't have confidence in my ID. It's just a matter of experience, I guess. I haven't been birding/bird photographing quite long enough to have seen even all the more common ones.


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May 13, 2013 15:23 |  #4

Keep plugging away at it April. It will come in time.


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