Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Wood Thrush

 

Seen my first of year Wood Thrush in Canatara Park on the weekend.

The Wood Thrush's pot-bellied body, short tail, straight bill, big head, and upright posture give it the profile of a scaled-down American Robin.

Wood Thrushes are warm reddish-brown above and white with bold black spots on their underparts and have a bold eyering.


The reclusive Wood Thrush hops through leaf litter on the forest floor, probing for insects, bobbing upright between spurts of digging and leaf-turning.




The Wood Thrush breeds in deciduous and mixed forests in the eastern U.S. where there are large trees, moderate understory, shade, and abundant leaf litter for foraging. They winter in lowland tropical forests in Central America.
Cornell All About Birds

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