Fifty Birds of Town and City
Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina)
The wood thrush is at least fairly common in suburban groves all over the eastern United
States. Adults are a bit over 7 inches long and their song is like a flute phrase
followed by a soft trill, heard usually at dawn or dusk.
There are a number of other common thrushes. The hermit has a wide range,
summering up into mid-Canada and wintering in the southern United States and Mexico.
Veery, Swaison's, and gray-cheeked thrushes are also widespread. The wood
thrush is the largest and probably the most citified, at least in terms of living in woody
areas near cities. It is also the only one with a heavily spotted breast.
The wood thrush nest is similar to a robin's, but without so much mud, and is usually
twenty-five feet or less from the ground in a tree or shrub.
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