Hermit Thrush

Hermit Thrush nest and Cicada at Memorial Forest in Sudbury

Sighting Date: 
August 7, 2012
A hermit thrush nest with nestlings at SVT's Memorial Forest in Sudbury, photographed by Laura Mattei.A hermit thrush nest with nestlings at SVT's Memorial Forest in Sudbury, photographed by Laura Mattei.A cicada at SVT's Memorial Forest in Sudbury, photographed by Laura Mattei.A cicada at SVT's Memorial Forest in Sudbury, photographed by Laura Mattei.
Laura Mattei photographed a hermit thrush nest with nestlings and a cicada at SVT's General Federation of Women's Clubs of Massachusetts Memorial Forest in Sudbury.
 
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Nature at SVT's Memorial Forest in Sudbury

Sighting Date: 
June 11, 2012
Chris Renna recorded this video at SVT's General Federation of Women's Clubs of Massachusetts Memorial Forest in Sudbury.  Included are caterpillars, nesting painted turtles and the calls of a hermit thrush. 
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Wildlife at SVT's Memorial Forest in Sudbury

Sighting Date: 
June 9, 2012
Chris Renna recorded this video; featuring hermit thrush and ovenbird calls, dragonflies, damselflies, painted turtles and more; at SVT's General Federation of Women's Clubs of Massachusetts Memorial Forest in Sudbury.
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Wildlife at SVT's Memorial Forest in Sudbury

Sighting Date: 
May 5, 2012
Chris Renna recorded this video of wildlife at SVT's General Federation of Women's Clubs of Massachusetts Memorial Forest in Sudbury.  Included in the video are painted turtles, northern water snakes, an American bullfrog, a hermit thrush, an ovenbird and an orchard spider.
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Birds at the Desert Natural Area

Sighting Date: 
May 9, 2012
Laura Mattei heard these birds at the Desert Natural Area in Sudbury and Marlborough, including SVT's General Federation of Women's Clubs of Massachusetts Memorial Forest: ovenbird (many), eastern towhee (many), hermit thrush, scarlet tanager (at least two), pine warbler, blue jay and common yellowthroat.
 
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Hermit Thrush at SVT's Memorial Forest in Sudbury

Sighting Date: 
June 19, 2011
Chris Renna recorded the call of a hermit thrish at SVT's General Federation of Women's Clubs of Massachusetts Memorial Forest in Sudbury.
He also slowed down the recording to 25% speed to listen in detail to the call. 
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Birds around Crane Swamp

Sighting Date: 
November 26, 2011
Gregory Billingham submitted this list of birds he saw during a hike around Crane Swamp in Northborough and Westborough, including SVT's Cedar Hill Reservation and Sawink Farm Reservation.
  • Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)  6
  • Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)  1
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus)  1
  • Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens)  6
  • Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus)  2
  • American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos)  3
  • Black-capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus)  27
  • Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)  21
  • White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis)  8
  • Carolina Wren (Thryothorus ludovicianus)  1
  • Golden-crowned Kinglet (Regulus satrapa)  4
  • Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)  9     2 seen at Sawink; 7 near the top of Cedar Hill that has bluebird houses in the vicinity.
  • Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus)  1
  • American Robin (Turdus migratorius)  12
  • Gray Catbird (Dumetella carolinensis)  1
  • Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos)  1
  • Cedar Waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum)  26
  • Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia)  3
  • Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)  11
  • Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis)  4
  • American Goldfinch (Spinus tristis)  22
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Birds at SVT's Lyons-Cutler Reservaiton in Sudbury

Sighting Date: 
April 9, 2011
SVT property steward Don Chauls reports the following birds at Lyons-Cutler during his visit to the property:
pine warbler, golden-crowned kinglet, hermit thrush, red-winged blackbird, song sparrow, green-winged teal, ring-necked duck, tree swallow; 14 great blue herons on 15 nests.
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Hermit Thrush

Sighting Date: 
October 27, 2006

Craig Smith photographed this Hermit Thrush at Memorial Forest in Sudbury (click on an image for a larger view).


 

Hermit Thrush by Craig Smith
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