Swainson’s Thrush
Catharus ustulatus
 (L 7" WS 1s" WT 1.1 oz)
More reddish in the west than the “olive-
backed” found elsewhere...may be displaced
by the Hermit Thrush where they overlap.
Elizabeth Court
Oak Park
06May2011
“The Throstle”
‘Summer is coming, summer is coming,
  I know it, I know it, I know it.
Light again, leaf again, life again, love again!’
  Yes, my wild little Poet.
 
Sing the new year in under the blue,
  Last year you sang it as gladly.
‘New, new, new, new!’ Is it then _so_ new
  That you should carol so madly?
   (Alfred Lord Tennyson)
 
© BirdNote,
Todd
Peterson
Columbus Park
Chicago
08Sept2012
Catharus in Greek means
pure, clear; ustulatus in
Latin means
burnt.
© Wikipedia