The Thrushes

“They” tell us that the brain is only capable of truly learning seven new things at a time.  Then you must give the gray matter some time to let those seven sink in before bombarding it with more.  So today, I decided to try to learn the thrushes.  In flipping through my pictures I found that I have almost all of the thrushes that we might expect to find here in southwestern New York.

See if you know them before you mouse over them:

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Answers (in case mousing over didn’t reveal the answers already):

1 – Eastern Bluebird
2 – Veery
3 – Swainson’s Thrush
4 – Hermit Thrush
5 – Wood Thrush
6 – American Robin

Those all breed in our area.  The 7th migrates through in spring and fall: Gray-cheeked Thrush.  Perhaps I’ll get a chance to see one while banding with Scott and his crew?

I thought about writing a bit about each bird, but Chuck Fergus already did such a good job in his Wildlife Notes which you can read by clicking here.