The national bird of Sweden is the Blackbird Turdus merula, otherwise known as the Common Blackbird or Eurasian Blackbird, though, of course, in Sweden...
The Orange-headed Thrush, Zoothera citrinus, is common across much of India and south-east Asia. It likes well wooded areas with a preference for shady...
Blackbird singing in the dead of night, Take these broken wings and learn to fly. All your life, you were only waiting for this...
A hybrid thrush has been found on Stratton Mountain in Vermont. The bird, which was determined through DNA analysis to be part Bicknell’s Thrush...
This past Monday I burned one of my many vacation days in order to extend my stay upstate long enough for me to hike...
The reputation of birding as an inexpensive avocation is somewhat misleading. While it’s true that birds in the wild can be looked at for...
You’ve probably already read about our trip to see the Bicknell’s Thrush here, here and here but you might want to see some great...
Bicknell’s Thrush is truly a birder’s bird. Not only is this bird’s picture next to the dictionary definition of the word “drab” but it...
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