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Hermit Thrush in Forest Park

April 12, 2012 by Corey 9 Comments

Forest Park, Queens, New York, April 2008

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 ForestHermit Thrush in Forest Park 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!

Hermit Thrush in Forest Park, Queens, NY

Hermit Thrush rear-view

Hermit Thrush in Forest Park, Queens, NY

Hermit Thrush at base of tree in Forest Park, Queens, NY

Hermit Thrush on a stump in Forest Park, Queens, NY

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

Pine Warbler on a feeder in Forest Park, Queens, NY

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This post was first published in April of 2008 but a Hermit Thrush like this is too cool to keep hidden in the archives!

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Written by Corey
Corey is a New Yorker who lived most of his life in upstate New York but has lived in Queens since 2008. He's only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasn't working as a union representative or spending time with his family. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy and Desmond Shearwater. His bird photographs have appeared on the Today Show, in Birding, Living Bird Magazine, Bird Watcher's Digest, and many other fine publications. He is also the author of the American Birding Association Field Guide to the Birds of New York.