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Hermit Thrush Latin:
Catharus guttatus/ French: Grive solitaire |
| Eastern Hermit Thrush on breeding territory,
Slide Mountain, Catskills Preserve, Ulster County, New York,
6/23/04, 11:00 a.m. (406kb) This bird was perched on a thick
branch of a very mature Maple overhanging the trail.
Swainson's Thrush and Black-throated Green Warblers were also
singing in the area. Elevation 3000'. |
wave837 |
| Pacific Hermit Thrush: Yosemite National Park,
Nunatak Nature Trail near Tioga Pass, elevation 9,700', 6/14/03,
long recording (665kb) featuring a variety of songs and
calls. The Hermit Thrush begins with a single drawn out note
like the Varied Thrush, followed by song sequences beginning at
different points on the scale like the Wood Thrush executed in a
spiraling manner like the Swainson's Thrush or Veery. |
wave777 |
| Pacific Hermit Thrush: Yosemite National Park,
Nunatak Nature Trail near Tioga Pass, elevation 9,700', 6/14/03,
shorter recording (139kb). The Hermit Thrush sang from the
branch of a Lodgepole Pine (rather open Lodgepole Pine forest)
from a height of about 10'. Snow was still one foot deep in
sections and
a light warm wind blows in the background. |
wave778 |
| While Hermit Thrush are regularly observed in New Jersey
during the winter months, for example at Cheesequake State Park, I
have not heard any sounds. |
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