Episode Number
76
Episode Show Notes / Description
Hermit thrush (Catharus guttatus).
Winter's thrush.
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The following Cornell Lab | Macaulay Library recordings were used in this episode:
- Hermit thrush song by Wil Hershberger (ML508700)
- Hermit thrush pluck call by Wil Hershberger (ML508703)
- Hermit thrush wheeze call by William Evans (ML508704)
- Hermit thrush high pitch call by Geoffrey A. Keller (ML508687)
Sources and more:
- https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Hermit_thrush
- https://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/hermit-thrush
- Godfrey, M. A., & Kaufman, Kenn. (Directors). (2004). National Audubon Society videoguide to the birds of North America [Video recording]. In Audubon videoguide to 505 birds of North America DVD I & DVD II (Fullscreen.). Godfrey-Stadin Productions.
- Dobson, C., Kassenbaum, D., Oehmke, D., & Misewicz, M. (2023). Field guide to hotspots and birds in Illinois. Scissortail LLC.
- Peterson, R. T., & Peterson, V. M. (1980). A field guide to the birds: A completely new guide to all the birds of eastern and central North America (Fourth edition, completely revised and enlarged.). Houghton Mifflin Company.
- Sibley, D. (2016). Sibley birds East: Field guide to birds of eastern North America (2nd ed.). Alfred A. Knopf.
- Walton, R. K., & Lawson, R. W. (1989). Birding by Ear: Eastern/Central [Compact Disc]. On Eastern/Central birding by ear. Houghton Mifflin Co.
Transcript
This is Brodie with Illinois Extension and I’m here with a new “voice of the wild”
This thrush is most often found in the midwest during migration when they can be separated from similar thrushes by their song and reddish tail. In Autumn, most will head to mexico and the southern US, but a few will linger through the midwest winter, usually in quiet woodlands where they might give a plucky call from low in the snowy winter understory. This is hermit thrush.
The ethereal song of the hermit thrush is best identified by its whistled introduction. But Note too their different calls, a plucking, a wheeze, and a high waxwing-like alarm. Altogether now, Here’s the hermit thrush again.
Thank you to the Macaulay library at the Cornell lab for today’s sound. Learn more about voice of the wild at go.illinois.edu/VOW
This thrush is most often found in the midwest during migration when they can be separated from similar thrushes by their song and reddish tail. In Autumn, most will head to mexico and the southern US, but a few will linger through the midwest winter, usually in quiet woodlands where they might give a plucky call from low in the snowy winter understory. This is hermit thrush.
The ethereal song of the hermit thrush is best identified by its whistled introduction. But Note too their different calls, a plucking, a wheeze, and a high waxwing-like alarm. Altogether now, Here’s the hermit thrush again.
Thank you to the Macaulay library at the Cornell lab for today’s sound. Learn more about voice of the wild at go.illinois.edu/VOW