Hermit Thrush in Forest Park

By Corey • April 5, 2008 • 9 comments

On Thursday, a day that I didn’t have to be at work until noon, I, of course, got up early and took a stroll through Forest Park. Well, I didn’t really so much as take a stroll through Forest Park as I took a stroll to the water hole in Forest Park and sat and looked at the birds. Then I strolled to the area with some bird feeders and sat and looked at the birds. And then I strolled back to the water hole and sat and looked at the birds. And then I strolled home. The birds were highlighted by my first of the year Chipping Sparrow, a gorgeous male Pine Warbler coming to the small platform feeder, and a very cooperative Hermit Thrush that foraged in the leaf litter two meters in front of me off and on for about fifteen minutes. And I thought the Hermit Thrush last week would be as good a look as I would get at a Hermit Thrush for quite some time to come!

And, as a special bonus to go with this Hermit Thrush post, the Pine Warbler.

For more information about Hermit Thrushes, and more great pictures, go see this post that Charlie put up quite some time ago.

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Corey

Corey is a lifelong upstate New Yorker who recently took the plunge and moved to the city. He's only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list and broke the magical 300 barrier in New York State in 2007 by birding whenever he wasn't working as a union representative. He lives near Forest Park in Queens with Daisy and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B.

9 Responses to “Hermit Thrush in Forest Park”

chrissy Apr 5th, 2008 at 8:05 am

Birding in NYC is like birding at the zoo! You get spectacular views at times because the birds are crammed into a few scraps of habitat. Can’t wait to do some NYC warbler birding very soon!
mon@rch Apr 5th, 2008 at 2:11 pm

How great, I have yet to see a Pine Warbler or Hermit Thrush! Stunning photos!
Will Apr 5th, 2008 at 7:45 pm

Man, Corey you have all the luck. I haven’t seen a Hermit Thrush or Pine Warbler this year, all I’ve had to look at the last few days are boring old Snail Kites. Oh well.
Michael Nelson Apr 6th, 2008 at 8:09 am

Your pictures of the Hermit Thrush are great. I haven’t seen one in a while. I often find this time of the year the most exciting as the birds migrate and you see long lost friends….
Corey Apr 6th, 2008 at 5:38 pm

@Chrissy: Sometimes I feel like a zoo animal (or maybe a sheep) during rush hour on the trains…

@Monarch: Thanks!

@Will: I am sooooo jealous.

@Michael: Thanks, and nothing beats migration!
Mary Carlson Apr 6th, 2008 at 8:41 pm

Love your photos, Corey. It looks like the Hermit Thrush was quite cooperative. Looking a little plump, too? ;o)
Corey Apr 7th, 2008 at 7:31 am

@Mary: Thanks, and, yes, I think he’s been gorging a bit on both the generosity of people and nature’s bounty…
Troy Mullens Apr 8th, 2008 at 11:06 am

Love your post, you’re on my blogroll nature favorites list. We just saw out fos Hermit thrush at the Ft. Worth Nature Refuge last weekend. It was great to see an old friend return.
Corey Apr 8th, 2008 at 6:16 pm

@Troy: Thanks and a Texas-sized welcome to you!