| Common Name | Gray-cheeked Thrush |
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| Scientific Name | Catharus minimus |
| Type of Report | Rare Species |
| Date of Observation | 04/28/2020 |
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| Number Observed | 1 |
| Reporting Observer's Name | Nancy A Brown |
| Mailing Address | PO Box 421 Manchester Center, VT 05255 United States Map It |
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| Date Completed | 04/30/2020 |
| Latitude of Observation (enter 0 if unable to provide) | 43.359949 |
| Longitude of Observation (enter 0 if unable to provide) | -73.058162 |
| Place Name | 210 Old Otis RD- Danby Pond |
| Township | Danby |
| County | Rutland |
| Vermont eBird Checklist URL | ebird.org |
| Time of Day | 08:15 AM |
| Length of Time Observed | 5 minutes |
| Maximum Estimated Distance from Bird (in feet) | 55 |
| Minimum Estimated Distance from Bird (in feet) | 35 |
| Noteworthy Weather Conditions | Morning after day of rain and snow, today clear but chilly 38f start to the day. Sunrise at 7:30 am. |
| Optical Equipment Used for Observation | bin's: Celestron ED 9.5x44 field 6.0 315ft@1000yds and camera: Canon Powershot SX510HS |
| Observer’s Previous Acquaintance With This or Similar Species | Have seen this specie at this location on at least 4 occasions, the first in 1995. The other two observation prior to this one was not documented with photo. Was told the specie was no longer considered, it lumped with Bicknell Thrush. I have seen the Bicknell and it always had the reddish tail, and the IDed by song. This bird never vocalized. The Hermit Thrush is also present at this location, arriving April 17th. |
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| Description of Habitat | Old logging road through tamarack and hardwood fen. |
| Behaviors Observed | Bird was in path feeding with back to me. First thought was a Robin, bird appeared to be large. Note tempiture was cold and bird fluffed up. The closer I got and looked at it again with bin's it was in profile and realized it had white spotted breast. It continued to feed walking, hopping along path until it disappeared into brush along the edge. |
| Description of Vocalizations | none |
| Verbal Narrative & Description of Observation | After realizing it was not a Robin watched it with bins as it turned its back to me could see that the tail was not rusty and it never cocked it up and down. So waited for it to turn again so I could get photo of face and eye ring. |
| Relative Size & Shape | It was a thrush, because of cold it appeared large. |
| Head | Brown/olive uniform color. The cheek was gray with no buff coloring. Eye had very narrow white ring. |
| Feet & Bill | Stokes: base of lower mandible pinkish vs Bicknell's yellow. |
| Upper Back | gray brown |
| Lower Back & Rump | all of upper back and rump uniform gray brown |
| Breast, Belly, Flanks, Under Tail Coverts | Breast spotted, belly white, flanks dark, white under tail coverts. |
| Tail | tail and back a uniform color. |
| IMPORTANT: What similar species were eliminated when making the identification and how was this bird different? | Hermit thrush: did not have reddish tail that is cocked and lowered almost repeatedly wether on ground or perched. Did not have distinct white eye ring. |
| This report was written from notes taken: | Written from Memory |
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