[SBB] yard Swainson's (?) Thrush (drama, pic)

["Tom Grey" <[[email protected]]>]

My wife called me when she noticed this little critter sitting, apparently
stunned, on the deck outside our kitchen sliding glass door shortly before
noon.

 http://www.pbase.com/tgrey/image/67831155

Happy ending! I grabbed the camera and crept around to get a profile view,
got this shot and a couple of others, and then when I moved to get a lower
angle,  the bird flew off, apparently recovered.

Anyway, it is a departing SWAINSON'S, isn't it (brown tail, strong
spectacles) and not possibly an especially drab arriving Hermit, in which
case I would have to say Catharus sp? You can tell where my preferences lie
-- I have Hermit photos in my collection but no Swainson's yet. (The color
should be pretty accurate, allowing for cold light from the overcast -- the
weathered deck is like a gray card, and allows me to confirm correct white
balance.)

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On that picture I posted of the juvenile tern from last weekend --
http://www.pbase.com/tgrey/image/67709765 -- I've had the suggestion from
one knowledgeable observer that, while it is certainly not a Forster's, it
might well (by virtue of the short bill) be an Arctic rather than a Common.
It seems to have a Common-ish dark leading edge to its far wing, but that
could be a shadow or other photo artifact.

Tom Grey





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