For a lifer I'd like to know for sure if this is a Hermit Thrush.
Also using IMGUR.com for first time, hope the pic comes through.
Thanks for the help.
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Posted 06 October 2012 - 04:19 PM
This morning in Iron River ((33 degrees F)) way north in the central Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
For a lifer I'd like to know for sure if this is a Hermit Thrush.
Also using IMGUR.com for first time, hope the pic comes through.
Thanks for the help.
For a lifer I'd like to know for sure if this is a Hermit Thrush.
Also using IMGUR.com for first time, hope the pic comes through.
Thanks for the help.
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Posted 06 October 2012 - 04:22 PM
Absolutely a Hermit! They're really invading Michigan now.
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Posted 06 October 2012 - 04:22 PM
You got it! Congrats 
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Posted 06 October 2012 - 04:26 PM
I'm in MI and I have seen 2 Hermit Thrushes all year! Send them to Grand Rapids!
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Posted 06 October 2012 - 04:28 PM
Just got all kinds in Saugatuck this morning, man. You need to get out thereI'm in MI and I have seen 2 Hermit Thrushes all year! Send them to Grand Rapids!
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Posted 06 October 2012 - 04:39 PM
Ah man really? Send some to Indiana! I need them still on my life list! All we are getting is TONS of Swainsons!Just got all kinds in Saugatuck this morning, man. You need to get out there
My Recent Lifers: Hooded Warbler, Cerulean warbler, Spotted Redshank, American Golden Plover, Henslow's sparrow, Bobolink.
My Recent Yard List: Scarlet Tanager, Blackpoll warbler, Yellow breasted Chat, Rose breasted Grosbeak, Indigo bunting
My Recent FOY'S: Swainson's Thrush, Summer Tanager, Blackburnian Warbler, Palm Warbler, Eastern Towhee, Red Headed Woodpecker, White Eyed Vireo, Red eyed Vireo, Least Flycatcher, Great Crested Flycatcher, Indigo Bunting, House Wren, Magnolia Wabler, Ruby Throated HummingBird, Spotted Sandpiper, Catbird, Brown Thrasher, Baltimore oriole, Orchard oriole, Wood thrush, Ovenbird.
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Posted 06 October 2012 - 04:41 PM
Oh yeah, thrushes really vary week by week this time of year. In early September it was all Swainson's here, now it's Hermit. You'll get one this fall.Ah man really? Send some to Indiana! I need them still on my life list! All we are getting is TONS of Swainsons!
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Posted 06 October 2012 - 04:48 PM
Yeah, I had a single Swainson's in my yard for about a month straight. The bird finally left last week.
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