Few things are more beautiful than the evening song of the wood thrush … These have, incidentally, been followed in October 2002 with at least one (presumed first winter male) Red-throated and one first winter female Black-throated Thrush also on Eocheong Island (see our October 2002 bird news).

Listen for The lilting flute-like song of the wood thrush inspires bird watchers, naturalists, poets, musicians, and humankind in general. It sometimes nests in suburbs and city parks, and it is still common in many eastern woodlands, where its flutelike songs add music to summer mornings. Identification The Thrush most familiar to people. Seemingly not as shy as the other brown thrushes, not as bold as the Robin, the Wood Thrush seems intermediate between those two related groups. Look for This medium-sized (7 ¾ inches in length) brown thrush has a bright rufous head and neck, olive-brown back and tail, and a white breast with large dark spots. The A-Z bird guides include identifying features, nesting and Thrush, any of the numerous species belonging to the songbird family Turdidae, treated by some authorities as a subfamily of the Old World insect eaters, family Muscicapidae. The Wood Thrush's loud, flute-clear ee-oh-lay song rings through the deciduous forests of the eastern U.S. in summer. These bird identification guides provide information about over 140 of the most common British birds including garden birds, birds of prey, shorebirds and waterfowl. However, numbers of Wood Thrush… The thrushes are most often the bird one hears singing in the forests, but very seldom does one see the thrushes themselves. Roughly the size of a Blackbird, plain brown upperparts and buffish white underside, with prominent arrow-shaped black spots in lines down the breast and flanks. These bird identification guides provide information about over 140 of the most common British birds including garden birds, birds of prey, shorebirds and waterfowl. The bird sometimes has a warm buff colouration to either side of the breast.

This reclusive bird's cinnamon brown upperparts are good camouflage as it scrabbles for leaf-litter invertebrates deep in the forest, though it pops upright frequently to peer about, revealing a boldly spotted white breast. Browse North American birds by shape—helpful if you don’t know exactly which type of bird you’ve seen. Thrushes are widely considered closely related to the Old World warblers (Sylviidae) and flycatchers (Muscicapidae), with Identification. In flight the upper wing is mostly uniform brown.

These shy birds skulk in the undergrowth and most often remain unseen. The A-Z bird guides include identifying features, nesting and feeding habits, examples of songs and calls, as …

The song thrush is smaller than a blackbird and is distinguished from the female blackbird by its pale cream underparts speckled with fawn-brown chevrons.

The Song Thrush has a plain dark brown back and head, it's throat and underside is white with large brown spots. Contact | Birds of North America Home Page.