09-07-2016, 06:08 PM
It looks like a Brown Thrasher but... Look at the prominent white eye stripe, lack of prominent wing bars, and relatively short tail, although the perspective is highly compressed which may just make it look shorter. Thrasher's have yellow eyes and these look black.
OTOH, the bill looks like a Thrasher's and we first noticed it as it was singing in a tree and it would switch to a Cardinal's song, and a Thrasher is a mimid related to Mockingbirds. In the face-on image, there appears to be streaking on the breast although the shot is soft.
It looks rufous brown but it was shot at sunset (very orange light).
Thrasher or something else? A Wood Thrush is similar but has a shorter bill...
And, what the heck, a last picture of our hummer. It appears one of the residents has left. I've seen only one once in the last three days...
OTOH, the bill looks like a Thrasher's and we first noticed it as it was singing in a tree and it would switch to a Cardinal's song, and a Thrasher is a mimid related to Mockingbirds. In the face-on image, there appears to be streaking on the breast although the shot is soft.
It looks rufous brown but it was shot at sunset (very orange light).
Thrasher or something else? A Wood Thrush is similar but has a shorter bill...
And, what the heck, a last picture of our hummer. It appears one of the residents has left. I've seen only one once in the last three days...
