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Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina Family: Turdidae (Thrushes)  |
Description: Bright reddish brown back with heavy black spots against a snowy white underside, a bold white eye ring, and orange legs. Highlights are heavily spotted snowy white breast. The Wood Thrush is one of many birds that Henry David Thoreau observed at Walden Pond. The Breeding Bird Survey reports that due to habitat loss and fragmentation of their summer breeding grounds the Wood Thrush population has declined annually since the late 1960s to today. Habitat fragmentation occurs when areas where birds normally nest is broken up or replaced by developments such as homes, roads or businesses. The Wood Thrush hops on the forest floor like its cousin, the American Robin who is also a thrush. They forages for ground dwelling insects and worms along with low-level berries and seeds on the ground. Range: (May - September) Breed from southeastern North Dakota, northern Michigan, northern Vermont, southwestern Maine and Nova Scotia down to the Gulf Coast and northern Florida. Migrates through Cuba and the Bahamas and winters from southern Texas to Panama.
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Size: 7 - 8 inches Diet: Insects, worms, berries, seeds Habitat: Cool understory of trees, near water. Breeding Song: Fluty whistle"ee-oo-lay" Call:"wit-wit-wit" |
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